1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/adm1021.c b/drivers/hwmon/adm1021.c
index 58aee3a00caa..8102876c7c3f 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/adm1021.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/adm1021.c
@@ -204,11 +204,10 @@ static int adm1021_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int address, int kind)
            client structure, even though we cannot fill it completely yet.
            But it allows us to access adm1021_{read,write}_value. */
 
-        if (!(data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct adm1021_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
+        if (!(data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct adm1021_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
                 err = -ENOMEM;
                 goto error0;
         }
-        memset(data, 0, sizeof(struct adm1021_data));
 
         new_client = &data->client;
         i2c_set_clientdata(new_client, data);