1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
index 3aaede0d6981..fa4a1a7eb67d 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
@@ -853,9 +853,8 @@ pfm_context_alloc(void)
          * allocate context descriptor 
          * must be able to free with interrupts disabled
          */
-        ctx = kmalloc(sizeof(pfm_context_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+        ctx = kzalloc(sizeof(pfm_context_t), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (ctx) {
-                memset(ctx, 0, sizeof(pfm_context_t));
                 DPRINT(("alloc ctx @%p\n", ctx));
         }
         return ctx;