2 files changed, 4 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/edd.c b/drivers/firmware/edd.c
index 6996476669f1..b4502ed65793 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/edd.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/edd.c
@@ -715,7 +715,6 @@ edd_device_register(struct edd_device *edev, int i)
 
         if (!edev)
                 return 1;
-        memset(edev, 0, sizeof (*edev));
         edd_dev_set_info(edev, i);
         kobject_set_name(&edev->kobj, "int13_dev%02x",
                          0x80 + i);
@@ -756,7 +755,7 @@ edd_init(void)
                 return rc;
 
         for (i = 0; i < edd_num_devices() && !rc; i++) {
-                edev = kmalloc(sizeof (*edev), GFP_KERNEL);
+                edev = kzalloc(sizeof (*edev), GFP_KERNEL);
                 if (!edev)
                         return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
index 33b17c6a46fb..bda5bce681b6 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
@@ -614,16 +614,14 @@ efivar_create_sysfs_entry(unsigned long variable_name_size,
         char *short_name;
         struct efivar_entry *new_efivar;
 
-        short_name = kmalloc(short_name_size + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
-        new_efivar = kmalloc(sizeof(struct efivar_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
+        short_name = kzalloc(short_name_size + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+        new_efivar = kzalloc(sizeof(struct efivar_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
 
         if (!short_name || !new_efivar)  {
                 kfree(short_name);
                 kfree(new_efivar);
                 return 1;
         }
-        memset(short_name, 0, short_name_size+1);
-        memset(new_efivar, 0, sizeof(struct efivar_entry));
 
         memcpy(new_efivar->var.VariableName, variable_name,
                 variable_name_size);
@@ -674,14 +672,12 @@ efivars_init(void)
         if (!efi_enabled)
                 return -ENODEV;
 
-        variable_name = kmalloc(variable_name_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+        variable_name = kzalloc(variable_name_size, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!variable_name) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "efivars: Memory allocation failed.\n");
                 return -ENOMEM;
         }
 
-        memset(variable_name, 0, variable_name_size);
-
         printk(KERN_INFO "EFI Variables Facility v%s %s\n", EFIVARS_VERSION,
                EFIVARS_DATE);