1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index b5df7e61aeb2..6a01dd9e43f8 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -2639,10 +2639,9 @@ int ipmi_register_smi(struct ipmi_smi_handlers *handlers,
                         return -ENODEV;
         }
 
-        intf = kmalloc(sizeof(*intf), GFP_KERNEL);
+        intf = kzalloc(sizeof(*intf), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!intf)
                 return -ENOMEM;
-        memset(intf, 0, sizeof(*intf));
 
         intf->ipmi_version_major = ipmi_version_major(device_id);
         intf->ipmi_version_minor = ipmi_version_minor(device_id);