1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lm87.c b/drivers/hwmon/lm87.c
index dca996de4c33..eeec18177861 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lm87.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lm87.c
@@ -554,11 +554,10 @@ static int lm87_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 lm87_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
+        if (!(data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct lm87_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
                 err = -ENOMEM;
                 goto exit;
         }
-        memset(data, 0, sizeof(struct lm87_data));
 
         /* The common I2C client data is placed right before the
            LM87-specific data. */