1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lm77.c b/drivers/hwmon/lm77.c
index 866eab96a6f6..9380fda7dcd1 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lm77.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lm77.c
@@ -226,11 +226,10 @@ static int lm77_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 lm77_{read,write}_value. */
-        if (!(data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct lm77_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
+        if (!(data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct lm77_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
                 err = -ENOMEM;
                 goto exit;
         }
-        memset(data, 0, sizeof(struct lm77_data));
 
         new_client = &data->client;
         i2c_set_clientdata(new_client, data);