1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index 3a5f4c991797..361e204209eb 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -225,13 +225,12 @@ struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(char *name, unsigned int
         struct platform_object *pobj;
         int retval;
 
-        pobj = kmalloc(sizeof(struct platform_object) + sizeof(struct resource) * num, GFP_KERNEL);
+        pobj = kzalloc(sizeof(*pobj) + sizeof(struct resource) * num, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!pobj) {
                 retval = -ENOMEM;
                 goto error;
         }
 
-        memset(pobj, 0, sizeof(*pobj));
         pobj->pdev.name = name;
         pobj->pdev.id = id;
         pobj->pdev.dev.release = platform_device_release_simple;