1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/fscpos.c b/drivers/hwmon/fscpos.c
index 5fc77a5fed07..a378e4f5c93b 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/fscpos.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/fscpos.c
@@ -453,11 +453,10 @@ int fscpos_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int address, int kind)
          * But it allows us to access fscpos_{read,write}_value.
          */
 
-        if (!(data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct fscpos_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
+        if (!(data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct fscpos_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
                 err = -ENOMEM;
                 goto exit;
         }
-        memset(data, 0, sizeof(struct fscpos_data));
 
         new_client = &data->client;
         i2c_set_clientdata(new_client, data);