1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/fscpos.c b/drivers/hwmon/fscpos.c
index 5fc77a5fed07..64e4edc64f8d 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/fscpos.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/fscpos.c
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ static int fscpos_attach_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adapter)
         return i2c_probe(adapter, &addr_data, fscpos_detect);
 }
 
-int fscpos_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int address, int kind)
+static int fscpos_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int address, int kind)
 {
         struct i2c_client *new_client;
         struct fscpos_data *data;
@@ -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);