1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lm78.c b/drivers/hwmon/lm78.c
index d697a554286f..924462362743 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lm78.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lm78.c
@@ -540,11 +540,10 @@ int lm78_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 lm78_{read,write}_value. */
 
-        if (!(data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct lm78_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
+        if (!(data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct lm78_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
                 err = -ENOMEM;
                 goto ERROR1;
         }
-        memset(data, 0, sizeof(struct lm78_data));
 
         new_client = &data->client;
         if (is_isa)