2 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/lparcfg.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/lparcfg.c
index c492cee90e0f..6444eaa30a2f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/lparcfg.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/lparcfg.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ static void parse_system_parameter_string(struct seq_file *m)
         } else {
                 int splpar_strlen;
                 int idx, w_idx;
-                char *workbuffer = kmalloc(SPLPAR_MAXLENGTH, GFP_KERNEL);
+                char *workbuffer = kzalloc(SPLPAR_MAXLENGTH, GFP_KERNEL);
                 if (!workbuffer) {
                         printk(KERN_ERR "%s %s kmalloc failure at line %d \n",
                                __FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__);
@@ -261,7 +261,6 @@ static void parse_system_parameter_string(struct seq_file *m)
                 splpar_strlen = local_buffer[0] * 256 + local_buffer[1];
                 local_buffer += 2;      /* step over strlen value */
 
-                memset(workbuffer, 0, SPLPAR_MAXLENGTH);
                 w_idx = 0;
                 idx = 0;
                 while ((*local_buffer) && (idx < splpar_strlen)) {
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;