1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utils.c b/drivers/acpi/utils.c
index 0f5f78fa6545..bba526148583 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/utils.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/utils.c
@@ -164,11 +164,10 @@ acpi_extract_package(union acpi_object *package,
          * Validate output buffer.
          */
         if (buffer->length == ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER) {
-                buffer->pointer = ACPI_ALLOCATE(size_required);
+                buffer->pointer = ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED(size_required);
                 if (!buffer->pointer)
                         return AE_NO_MEMORY;
                 buffer->length = size_required;
-                memset(buffer->pointer, 0, size_required);
         } else {
                 if (buffer->length < size_required) {
                         buffer->length = size_required;