1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/ppc/kernel/smp-tbsync.c b/arch/ppc/kernel/smp-tbsync.c
index 2c9cd95bcea6..6a5694fcc711 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/kernel/smp-tbsync.c
+++ b/arch/ppc/kernel/smp-tbsync.c
@@ -126,8 +126,7 @@ 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;