1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/misc/asus-laptop.c b/drivers/misc/asus-laptop.c
index 7798f590e5aa..f75306059971 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/asus-laptop.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/asus-laptop.c
@@ -979,10 +979,9 @@ static int asus_hotk_add(struct acpi_device *device)
         printk(ASUS_NOTICE "Asus Laptop Support version %s\n",
                ASUS_LAPTOP_VERSION);
 
-        hotk = kmalloc(sizeof(struct asus_hotk), GFP_KERNEL);
+        hotk = kzalloc(sizeof(struct asus_hotk), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!hotk)
                 return -ENOMEM;
-        memset(hotk, 0, sizeof(struct asus_hotk));
 
         hotk->handle = device->handle;
         strcpy(acpi_device_name(device), ASUS_HOTK_DEVICE_NAME);