1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ds1621.c b/drivers/hwmon/ds1621.c
index e1ff22cf984a..c5afa0058308 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/ds1621.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/ds1621.c
@@ -202,11 +202,10 @@ int ds1621_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int address,
         /* OK. For now, we presume we have a valid client. We now create the
            client structure, even though we cannot fill it completely yet.
            But it allows us to access ds1621_{read,write}_value. */
-        if (!(data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ds1621_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
+        if (!(data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ds1621_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
                 err = -ENOMEM;
                 goto exit;
         }
-        memset(data, 0, sizeof(struct ds1621_data));
         
         new_client = &data->client;
         i2c_set_clientdata(new_client, data);