1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/of_platform.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/of_platform.c
index 9536ed7f247c..8ded4e7dc87e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/of_platform.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/of_platform.c
@@ -222,10 +222,9 @@ struct of_device* of_platform_device_create(struct device_node *np,
 {
         struct of_device *dev;
 
-        dev = kmalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
+        dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!dev)
                 return NULL;
-        memset(dev, 0, sizeof(*dev));
 
         dev->node = of_node_get(np);
         dev->dma_mask = 0xffffffffUL;