1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/misc/ibmasm/ibmasmfs.c b/drivers/misc/ibmasm/ibmasmfs.c
index eb7b073734b8..22a7e8ba211d 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/ibmasm/ibmasmfs.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/ibmasm/ibmasmfs.c
@@ -563,11 +563,10 @@ static ssize_t remote_settings_file_write(struct file *file, const char __user *
         if (*offset != 0)
                 return 0;
 
-        buff = kmalloc (count + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+        buff = kzalloc (count + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!buff)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        memset(buff, 0x0, count + 1);
 
         if (copy_from_user(buff, ubuff, count)) {
                 kfree(buff);