1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
index 29c22fc278c6..e83f54d37f96 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
@@ -2146,7 +2146,7 @@ static int ide_floppy_probe(struct device *dev)
                 printk("ide-floppy: passing drive %s to ide-scsi emulation.\n", drive->name);
                 goto failed;
         }
-        if ((floppy = (idefloppy_floppy_t *) kmalloc (sizeof (idefloppy_floppy_t), GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL) {
+        if ((floppy = (idefloppy_floppy_t *) kzalloc (sizeof (idefloppy_floppy_t), GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL) {
                 printk (KERN_ERR "ide-floppy: %s: Can't allocate a floppy structure\n", drive->name);
                 goto failed;
         }
@@ -2159,8 +2159,6 @@ static int ide_floppy_probe(struct device *dev)
 
         ide_register_subdriver(drive, &idefloppy_driver);
 
-        memset(floppy, 0, sizeof(*floppy));
-
         kref_init(&floppy->kref);
 
         floppy->drive = drive;