1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/ia64/hp/sim/simserial.c b/arch/ia64/hp/sim/simserial.c
index b62f0c4d2c7c..1f16ebb9a800 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/hp/sim/simserial.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/hp/sim/simserial.c
@@ -684,12 +684,11 @@ static int get_async_struct(int line, struct async_struct **ret_info)
                 *ret_info = sstate->info;
                 return 0;
         }
-        info = kmalloc(sizeof(struct async_struct), GFP_KERNEL);
+        info = kzalloc(sizeof(struct async_struct), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!info) {
                 sstate->count--;
                 return -ENOMEM;
         }
-        memset(info, 0, sizeof(struct async_struct));
         init_waitqueue_head(&info->open_wait);
         init_waitqueue_head(&info->close_wait);
         init_waitqueue_head(&info->delta_msr_wait);