1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index ec5186fd510a..9fc50487e2ed 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -1827,12 +1827,12 @@ static int run(mddev_t *mddev)
                 return -EIO;
         }
 
-        mddev->private = kmalloc (sizeof (raid5_conf_t)
-                                  + mddev->raid_disks * sizeof(struct disk_info),
-                                  GFP_KERNEL);
+        mddev->private = kzalloc(sizeof (raid5_conf_t)
+                                 + mddev->raid_disks * sizeof(struct disk_info),
+                                 GFP_KERNEL);
         if ((conf = mddev->private) == NULL)
                 goto abort;
-        memset (conf, 0, sizeof (*conf) + mddev->raid_disks * sizeof(struct disk_info) );
+
         conf->mddev = mddev;
 
         if ((conf->stripe_hashtbl = (struct stripe_head **) __get_free_pages(GFP_ATOMIC, HASH_PAGES_ORDER)) == NULL)