1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ide/pci/it821x.c b/drivers/ide/pci/it821x.c
index e440036e651f..108fda83fea4 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/pci/it821x.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/pci/it821x.c
@@ -642,14 +642,13 @@ static void __devinit it821x_fixups(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 
 static void __devinit init_hwif_it821x(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 {
-        struct it821x_dev *idev = kmalloc(sizeof(struct it821x_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
+        struct it821x_dev *idev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct it821x_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
         u8 conf;
 
         if(idev == NULL) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "it821x: out of memory, falling back to legacy behaviour.\n");
                 goto fallback;
         }
-        memset(idev, 0, sizeof(struct it821x_dev));
         ide_set_hwifdata(hwif, idev);
 
         pci_read_config_byte(hwif->pci_dev, 0x50, &conf);