1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/sx8.c b/drivers/block/sx8.c
index 54509eb3391b..949ae93499e5 100644
--- a/drivers/block/sx8.c
+++ b/drivers/block/sx8.c
@@ -1608,7 +1608,7 @@ static int carm_init_one (struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
         }
 #endif
 
-        host = kmalloc(sizeof(*host), GFP_KERNEL);
+        host = kzalloc(sizeof(*host), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!host) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR DRV_NAME "(%s): memory alloc failure\n",
                        pci_name(pdev));
@@ -1616,7 +1616,6 @@ static int carm_init_one (struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
                 goto err_out_regions;
         }
 
-        memset(host, 0, sizeof(*host));
         host->pdev = pdev;
         host->flags = pci_dac ? FL_DAC : 0;
         spin_lock_init(&host->lock);