1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lm90.c b/drivers/hwmon/lm90.c
index 14de05fcd431..dad0f1074956 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lm90.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lm90.c
@@ -370,11 +370,10 @@ static int lm90_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 lm90_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
+        if (!(data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct lm90_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
                 err = -ENOMEM;
                 goto exit;
         }
-        memset(data, 0, sizeof(struct lm90_data));
 
         /* The common I2C client data is placed right before the
            LM90-specific data. */