1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/via686a.c b/drivers/hwmon/via686a.c
index c6e64f4abdea..6f696f897176 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/via686a.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/via686a.c
@@ -621,11 +621,10 @@ static int via686a_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter)
                 return -ENODEV;
         }
 
-        if (!(data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct via686a_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
+        if (!(data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct via686a_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
                 err = -ENOMEM;
                 goto exit_release;
         }
-        memset(data, 0, sizeof(struct via686a_data));
 
         new_client = &data->client;
         i2c_set_clientdata(new_client, data);