1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/raw.c b/drivers/char/raw.c
index b33e8ea314ed..b6de2c047145 100644
--- a/drivers/char/raw.c
+++ b/drivers/char/raw.c
@@ -324,13 +324,12 @@ static int __init raw_init(void)
                 max_raw_minors = MAX_RAW_MINORS;
         }
 
-        raw_devices = vmalloc(sizeof(struct raw_device_data) * max_raw_minors);
+        raw_devices = vzalloc(sizeof(struct raw_device_data) * max_raw_minors);
         if (!raw_devices) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "Not enough memory for raw device structures\n");
                 ret = -ENOMEM;
                 goto error;
         }
-        memset(raw_devices, 0, sizeof(struct raw_device_data) * max_raw_minors);
 
         ret = register_chrdev_region(dev, max_raw_minors, "raw");
         if (ret)