1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c
index 6f6fc977cb39..b9561d300516 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c
@@ -681,14 +681,12 @@ static int initialize_flash_pde_data(const char *rtas_call_name,
         int *status;
         int token;
 
-        dp->data = kmalloc(buf_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+        dp->data = kzalloc(buf_size, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (dp->data == NULL) {
                 remove_flash_pde(dp);
                 return -ENOMEM;
         }
 
-        memset(dp->data, 0, buf_size);
-
         /*
          * This code assumes that the status int is the first member of the
          * struct