1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/it87.c b/drivers/hwmon/it87.c
index 55e1c835a046..9a5b8b268397 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/it87.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/it87.c
@@ -761,11 +761,10 @@ int it87_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int address, int kind)
            client structure, even though we cannot fill it completely yet.
            But it allows us to access it87_{read,write}_value. */
 
-        if (!(data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct it87_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
+        if (!(data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct it87_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
                 err = -ENOMEM;
                 goto ERROR1;
         }
-        memset(data, 0, sizeof(struct it87_data));
 
         new_client = &data->client;
         if (is_isa)