1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/synclinkmp.c b/drivers/char/synclinkmp.c
index a65407b32079..c63013b2fc36 100644
--- a/drivers/char/synclinkmp.c
+++ b/drivers/char/synclinkmp.c
@@ -3786,14 +3786,13 @@ static SLMP_INFO *alloc_dev(int adapter_num, int port_num, struct pci_dev *pdev)
 {
         SLMP_INFO *info;
 
-        info = kmalloc(sizeof(SLMP_INFO),
+        info = kzalloc(sizeof(SLMP_INFO),
                  GFP_KERNEL);
 
         if (!info) {
                 printk("%s(%d) Error can't allocate device instance data for adapter %d, port %d\n",
                         __FILE__,__LINE__, adapter_num, port_num);
         } else {
-                memset(info, 0, sizeof(SLMP_INFO));
                 info->magic = MGSL_MAGIC;
                 INIT_WORK(&info->task, bh_handler);
                 info->max_frame_size = 4096;