1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/linear.c b/drivers/md/linear.c
index 946efef3a8f5..f46c98d05b44 100644
--- a/drivers/md/linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/linear.c
@@ -121,11 +121,10 @@ static int linear_run (mddev_t *mddev)
         sector_t curr_offset;
         struct list_head *tmp;
 
-        conf = kmalloc (sizeof (*conf) + mddev->raid_disks*sizeof(dev_info_t),
+        conf = kzalloc (sizeof (*conf) + mddev->raid_disks*sizeof(dev_info_t),
                         GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!conf)
                 goto out;
-        memset(conf, 0, sizeof(*conf) + mddev->raid_disks*sizeof(dev_info_t));
         mddev->private = conf;
 
         cnt = 0;