1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c
index 6216eba2e38f..5181bf551f3c 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c
@@ -218,9 +218,10 @@ efi_gettimeofday (struct timespec *ts)
 {
         efi_time_t tm;
 
-        memset(ts, 0, sizeof(ts));
-        if ((*efi.get_time)(&tm, NULL) != EFI_SUCCESS)
+        if ((*efi.get_time)(&tm, NULL) != EFI_SUCCESS) {
+                memset(ts, 0, sizeof(*ts));
                 return;
+        }
 
         ts->tv_sec = mktime(tm.year, tm.month, tm.day, tm.hour, tm.minute, tm.second);
         ts->tv_nsec = tm.nanosecond;