1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/block/scsi_ioctl.c b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
index a26ba07955fe..71bdf88884b2 100644
--- a/block/scsi_ioctl.c
+++ b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
@@ -436,11 +436,10 @@ int sg_scsi_ioctl(struct file *file, struct request_queue *q,
 
         bytes = max(in_len, out_len);
         if (bytes) {
-                buffer = kmalloc(bytes, q->bounce_gfp | GFP_USER| __GFP_NOWARN);
+                buffer = kzalloc(bytes, q->bounce_gfp | GFP_USER| __GFP_NOWARN);
                 if (!buffer)
                         return -ENOMEM;
 
-                memset(buffer, 0, bytes);
         }
 
         rq = blk_get_request(q, in_len ? WRITE : READ, __GFP_WAIT);