1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c
index 286bc0b3207f..b2e9762e13c5 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c
@@ -334,13 +334,12 @@ static int eth_configure(int n, void *init, char *mac,
         size = transport->private_size + sizeof(struct uml_net_private) + 
                 sizeof(((struct uml_net_private *) 0)->user);
 
-        device = kmalloc(sizeof(*device), GFP_KERNEL);
+        device = kzalloc(sizeof(*device), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (device == NULL) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "eth_configure failed to allocate uml_net\n");
                 return(1);
         }
 
-        memset(device, 0, sizeof(*device));
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&device->list);
         device->index = n;