1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/misc/ibmasm/module.c b/drivers/misc/ibmasm/module.c
index fb03a853fac4..4f9d4a9da983 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/ibmasm/module.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/ibmasm/module.c
@@ -77,13 +77,12 @@ static int __devinit ibmasm_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_devi
         /* vnc client won't work without bus-mastering */
         pci_set_master(pdev);
 
-        sp = kmalloc(sizeof(struct service_processor), GFP_KERNEL);
+        sp = kzalloc(sizeof(struct service_processor), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (sp == NULL) {
                 dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to allocate memory\n");
                 result = -ENOMEM;
                 goto error_kmalloc;
         }
-        memset(sp, 0, sizeof(struct service_processor));
 
         spin_lock_init(&sp->lock);
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sp->command_queue);