1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lm85.c b/drivers/hwmon/lm85.c
index ab214df9624b..d5537a5377f7 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lm85.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lm85.c
@@ -1033,11 +1033,10 @@ int lm85_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int address,
            client structure, even though we cannot fill it completely yet.
            But it allows us to access lm85_{read,write}_value. */
 
-        if (!(data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct lm85_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
+        if (!(data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct lm85_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
                 err = -ENOMEM;
                 goto ERROR0;
         }
-        memset(data, 0, sizeof(struct lm85_data));
 
         new_client = &data->client;
         i2c_set_clientdata(new_client, data);