1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/adm1026.c b/drivers/hwmon/adm1026.c
index 625158110fd4..3b5814183738 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/adm1026.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/adm1026.c
@@ -1470,13 +1470,11 @@ int adm1026_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int address,
            client structure, even though we cannot fill it completely yet.
            But it allows us to access adm1026_{read,write}_value. */
 
-        if (!(data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct adm1026_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
+        if (!(data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct adm1026_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
                 err = -ENOMEM;
                 goto exit;
         }
 
-        memset(data, 0, sizeof(struct adm1026_data));
-
         new_client = &data->client;
         i2c_set_clientdata(new_client, data);
         new_client->addr = address;