1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c b/drivers/char/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
index 1e7a6719d5ba..0f3fd6c9c354 100644
--- a/drivers/char/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/char/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
@@ -626,12 +626,11 @@ static int usb_pcwd_probe(struct usb_interface *interface, const struct usb_devi
         maxp = usb_maxpacket(udev, pipe, usb_pipeout(pipe));
 
         /* allocate memory for our device and initialize it */
-        usb_pcwd = kmalloc (sizeof(struct usb_pcwd_private), GFP_KERNEL);
+        usb_pcwd = kzalloc (sizeof(struct usb_pcwd_private), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (usb_pcwd == NULL) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR PFX "Out of memory\n");
                 goto error;
         }
-        memset (usb_pcwd, 0x00, sizeof (*usb_pcwd));
 
         usb_pcwd_device = usb_pcwd;