1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/snsc_event.c b/drivers/char/snsc_event.c
index a4fa507eed9e..e234d50e142a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/snsc_event.c
+++ b/drivers/char/snsc_event.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ scdrv_event_init(struct sysctl_data_s *scd)
 {
         int rv;
 
-        event_sd = kmalloc(sizeof (struct subch_data_s), GFP_KERNEL);
+        event_sd = kzalloc(sizeof (struct subch_data_s), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (event_sd == NULL) {
                 printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: couldn't allocate subchannel info"
                        " for event monitoring\n", __FUNCTION__);
@@ -295,7 +295,6 @@ scdrv_event_init(struct sysctl_data_s *scd)
         }
 
         /* initialize subch_data_s fields */
-        memset(event_sd, 0, sizeof (struct subch_data_s));
         event_sd->sd_nasid = scd->scd_nasid;
         spin_lock_init(&event_sd->sd_rlock);
 
@@ -321,5 +320,3 @@ scdrv_event_init(struct sysctl_data_s *scd)
                 return;
         }
 }
-
-