1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp-tbsync.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp-tbsync.c
index e1970f83f14a..bc892e69b4f7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp-tbsync.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp-tbsync.c
@@ -116,8 +116,7 @@ void __devinit smp_generic_give_timebase(void)
         printk("Synchronizing timebase\n");
 
         /* if this fails then this kernel won't work anyway... */
-        tbsync = kmalloc( sizeof(*tbsync), GFP_KERNEL );
-        memset( tbsync, 0, sizeof(*tbsync) );
+        tbsync = kzalloc( sizeof(*tbsync), GFP_KERNEL );
         mb();
         running = 1;