1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lm80.c b/drivers/hwmon/lm80.c
index 83af8b3a0cac..c359fdea211e 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lm80.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lm80.c
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ static int lm80_attach_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adapter)
         return i2c_probe(adapter, &addr_data, lm80_detect);
 }
 
-int lm80_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int address, int kind)
+static int lm80_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int address, int kind)
 {
         int i, cur;
         struct i2c_client *new_client;
@@ -407,11 +407,10 @@ int lm80_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 lm80_{read,write}_value. */
-        if (!(data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct lm80_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
+        if (!(data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct lm80_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
                 err = -ENOMEM;
                 goto exit;
         }
-        memset(data, 0, sizeof(struct lm80_data));
 
         new_client = &data->client;
         i2c_set_clientdata(new_client, data);