1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/osl.c b/drivers/acpi/osl.c
index f7fd72ac69cf..6776c599816f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/osl.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/osl.c
@@ -1219,10 +1219,9 @@ acpi_os_create_semaphore(u32 max_units, u32 initial_units, acpi_handle * handle)
 {
         struct semaphore *sem = NULL;
 
-        sem = acpi_os_allocate(sizeof(struct semaphore));
+        sem = acpi_os_allocate_zeroed(sizeof(struct semaphore));
         if (!sem)
                 return AE_NO_MEMORY;
-        memset(sem, 0, sizeof(struct semaphore));
 
         sema_init(sem, initial_units);