1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lm83.c b/drivers/hwmon/lm83.c
index d74b2c20c719..9a70611a9f69 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lm83.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lm83.c
@@ -230,11 +230,10 @@ static int lm83_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int address, int kind)
         if (!i2c_check_functionality(adapter, I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_BYTE_DATA))
                 goto exit;
 
-        if (!(data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct lm83_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
+        if (!(data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct lm83_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
                 err = -ENOMEM;
                 goto exit;
         }
-        memset(data, 0, sizeof(struct lm83_data));
 
         /* The common I2C client data is placed right after the
          * LM83-specific data. */