1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/hvcs.c b/drivers/char/hvcs.c
index 207f7343ba60..17f96e04266f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hvcs.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hvcs.c
@@ -784,12 +784,10 @@ static int __devinit hvcs_probe(
                 return -EFAULT;
         }
 
-        hvcsd = kmalloc(sizeof(*hvcsd), GFP_KERNEL);
+        hvcsd = kzalloc(sizeof(*hvcsd), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!hvcsd)
                 return -ENODEV;
 
-        /* hvcsd->tty is zeroed out with the memset */
-        memset(hvcsd, 0x00, sizeof(*hvcsd));
 
         spin_lock_init(&hvcsd->lock);
         /* Automatically incs the refcount the first time */