1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/sis5595.c b/drivers/hwmon/sis5595.c
index 21aa9a41f62c..9c6cadec1087 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/sis5595.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/sis5595.c
@@ -518,11 +518,10 @@ static int sis5595_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter)
                         goto exit_release;
         }
 
-        if (!(data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct sis5595_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
+        if (!(data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct sis5595_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
                 err = -ENOMEM;
                 goto exit_release;
         }
-        memset(data, 0, sizeof(struct sis5595_data));
 
         new_client = &data->client;
         new_client->addr = address;