1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/smsc47b397.c b/drivers/hwmon/smsc47b397.c
index 37ed8b33f01a..2a3e21b5b6b4 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/smsc47b397.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/smsc47b397.c
@@ -244,11 +244,10 @@ static int smsc47b397_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter)
                 return -EBUSY;
         }
 
-        if (!(data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct smsc47b397_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
+        if (!(data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct smsc47b397_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
                 err = -ENOMEM;
                 goto error_release;
         }
-        memset(data, 0x00, sizeof(struct smsc47b397_data));
 
         new_client = &data->client;
         i2c_set_clientdata(new_client, data);