1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/crypto/api.c b/crypto/api.c
index 34e02caffc2a..80bba637fba7 100644
--- a/crypto/api.c
+++ b/crypto/api.c
@@ -179,12 +179,10 @@ struct crypto_tfm *crypto_alloc_tfm(const char *name, u32 flags)
                 goto out;
 
         tfm_size = sizeof(*tfm) + crypto_ctxsize(alg, flags);
-        tfm = kmalloc(tfm_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+        tfm = kzalloc(tfm_size, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (tfm == NULL)
                 goto out_put;
 
-        memset(tfm, 0, tfm_size);
-        
         tfm->__crt_alg = alg;
         
         if (crypto_init_flags(tfm, flags))