1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/reconfig.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/reconfig.c
index 1773103354be..4ad33e41b008 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/reconfig.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/reconfig.c
@@ -268,11 +268,10 @@ static char * parse_next_property(char *buf, char *end, char **name, int *length
 static struct property *new_property(const char *name, const int length,
                                      const unsigned char *value, struct property *last)
 {
-        struct property *new = kmalloc(sizeof(*new), GFP_KERNEL);
+        struct property *new = kzalloc(sizeof(*new), GFP_KERNEL);
 
         if (!new)
                 return NULL;
-        memset(new, 0, sizeof(*new));
 
         if (!(new->name = kmalloc(strlen(name) + 1, GFP_KERNEL)))
                 goto cleanup;