1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/fscher.c b/drivers/hwmon/fscher.c
index eef6061d786b..a02e1c34c757 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/fscher.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/fscher.c
@@ -303,11 +303,10 @@ static int fscher_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int address, int kind)
         /* 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 i2c_smbus_read_byte_data. */
-        if (!(data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct fscher_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
+        if (!(data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct fscher_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
                 err = -ENOMEM;
                 goto exit;
         }
-        memset(data, 0, sizeof(struct fscher_data));
 
         /* The common I2C client data is placed right before the
          * Hermes-specific data. */