1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/consolemap.c b/drivers/char/consolemap.c
index 4b3916f54909..163f3fce3f84 100644
--- a/drivers/char/consolemap.c
+++ b/drivers/char/consolemap.c
@@ -494,12 +494,11 @@ int con_clear_unimap(struct vc_data *vc, struct unimapinit *ui)
         p = (struct uni_pagedir *)*vc->vc_uni_pagedir_loc;
         if (p && p->readonly) return -EIO;
         if (!p || --p->refcount) {
-                q = kmalloc(sizeof(*p), GFP_KERNEL);
+                q = kzalloc(sizeof(*p), GFP_KERNEL);
                 if (!q) {
                         if (p) p->refcount++;
                         return -ENOMEM;
                 }
-                memset(q, 0, sizeof(*q));
                 q->refcount=1;
                 *vc->vc_uni_pagedir_loc = (unsigned long)q;
         } else {