1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/w83627ehf.c b/drivers/hwmon/w83627ehf.c
index 685eeb766809..eee22a57e929 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/w83627ehf.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/w83627ehf.c
@@ -681,11 +681,10 @@ static int w83627ehf_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter)
                 goto exit;
         }
 
-        if (!(data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct w83627ehf_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
+        if (!(data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct w83627ehf_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
                 err = -ENOMEM;
                 goto exit_release;
         }
-        memset(data, 0, sizeof(struct w83627ehf_data));
 
         client = &data->client;
         i2c_set_clientdata(client, data);