1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/chips/rtc8564.c b/drivers/i2c/chips/rtc8564.c
index dd9d42d7b6e7..916cdc1af23c 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/chips/rtc8564.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/chips/rtc8564.c
@@ -148,12 +148,11 @@ static int rtc8564_attach(struct i2c_adapter *adap, int addr, int kind)
                 {addr, I2C_M_RD, 2, data}
         };
 
-        d = kmalloc(sizeof(struct rtc8564_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+        d = kzalloc(sizeof(struct rtc8564_data), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!d) {
                 ret = -ENOMEM;
                 goto done;
         }
-        memset(d, 0, sizeof(struct rtc8564_data));
         new_client = &d->client;
 
         strlcpy(new_client->name, "RTC8564", I2C_NAME_SIZE);