1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp-tbsync.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp-tbsync.c
index de59c6c31a5b..bc892e69b4f7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp-tbsync.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp-tbsync.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static int __devinit start_contest(int cmd, long offset, int num)
 {
         int i, score=0;
         u64 tb;
-        long mark;
+        u64 mark;
 
         tbsync->cmd = cmd;
 
@@ -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;