1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/chips/gen_probe.c b/drivers/mtd/chips/gen_probe.c
index cdb0f590b40c..77843d560ae4 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/chips/gen_probe.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/gen_probe.c
@@ -113,13 +113,12 @@ static struct cfi_private *genprobe_ident_chips(struct map_info *map, struct chi
         }
 
         mapsize = (max_chips + BITS_PER_LONG-1) / BITS_PER_LONG;
-        chip_map = kmalloc(mapsize, GFP_KERNEL);
+        chip_map = kzalloc(mapsize, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!chip_map) {
                 printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: kmalloc failed for CFI chip map\n", map->name);
                 kfree(cfi.cfiq);
                 return NULL;
         }
-        memset (chip_map, 0, mapsize);
 
         set_bit(0, chip_map); /* Mark first chip valid */