1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c b/drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c
index 7fb739c43935..ee7cbc823fd1 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c
@@ -171,11 +171,10 @@ int eeprom_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int address, int kind)
                                             | I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_BYTE))
                 goto exit;
 
-        if (!(data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct eeprom_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
+        if (!(data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct eeprom_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
                 err = -ENOMEM;
                 goto exit;
         }
-        memset(data, 0, sizeof(struct eeprom_data));
 
         new_client = &data->client;
         memset(data->data, 0xff, EEPROM_SIZE);