1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index 47f2b832555f..0ac7eb8f40d5 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -4850,7 +4850,7 @@ static int ide_tape_probe(struct device *dev)
                 printk(KERN_WARNING "ide-tape: Use drive %s with ide-scsi emulation and osst.\n", drive->name);
                 printk(KERN_WARNING "ide-tape: OnStream support will be removed soon from ide-tape!\n");
         }
-        tape = (idetape_tape_t *) kmalloc (sizeof (idetape_tape_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+        tape = (idetape_tape_t *) kzalloc (sizeof (idetape_tape_t), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (tape == NULL) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "ide-tape: %s: Can't allocate a tape structure\n", drive->name);
                 goto failed;
@@ -4864,8 +4864,6 @@ static int ide_tape_probe(struct device *dev)
 
         ide_register_subdriver(drive, &idetape_driver);
 
-        memset(tape, 0, sizeof(*tape));
-
         kref_init(&tape->kref);
 
         tape->drive = drive;