1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c b/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c
index 48270819ff99..70ef926c3bd8 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c
@@ -1045,11 +1045,10 @@ static int w83627hf_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter)
            client structure, even though we cannot fill it completely yet.
            But it allows us to access w83627hf_{read,write}_value. */
 
-        if (!(data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct w83627hf_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
+        if (!(data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct w83627hf_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
                 err = -ENOMEM;
                 goto ERROR1;
         }
-        memset(data, 0, sizeof(struct w83627hf_data));
 
         new_client = &data->client;
         i2c_set_clientdata(new_client, data);