1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
index c1128ae5cd2f..02167a5b751d 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
@@ -596,14 +596,13 @@ static inline u8 probe_for_drive (ide_drive_t *drive)
          *      Also note that 0 everywhere means "can't do X"
          */
  
-        drive->id = kmalloc(SECTOR_WORDS *4, GFP_KERNEL);
+        drive->id = kzalloc(SECTOR_WORDS *4, GFP_KERNEL);
         drive->id_read = 0;
         if(drive->id == NULL)
         {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "ide: out of memory for id data.\n");
                 return 0;
         }
-        memset(drive->id, 0, SECTOR_WORDS * 4);
         strcpy(drive->id->model, "UNKNOWN");
         
         /* skip probing? */
@@ -1316,10 +1315,8 @@ static void drive_release_dev (struct device *dev)
                 drive->devfs_name[0] = '\0';
         }
         ide_remove_drive_from_hwgroup(drive);
-        if (drive->id != NULL) {
-                kfree(drive->id);
-                drive->id = NULL;
-        }
+        kfree(drive->id);
+        drive->id = NULL;
         drive->present = 0;
         /* Messed up locking ... */
         spin_unlock_irq(&ide_lock);