1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index 785cb6e6b91c..b7ddd651d664 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -340,15 +340,12 @@ static int memory_probe_init(void)
 static int add_memory_block(unsigned long node_id, struct mem_section *section,
                      unsigned long state, int phys_device)
 {
-        size_t size = sizeof(struct memory_block);
-        struct memory_block *mem = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+        struct memory_block *mem = kzalloc(sizeof(*mem), GFP_KERNEL);
         int ret = 0;
 
         if (!mem)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        memset(mem, 0, size);
-
         mem->phys_index = __section_nr(section);
         mem->state = state;
         init_MUTEX(&mem->state_sem);