1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c b/drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c
index 3402ce448702..23fab14f1637 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c
@@ -163,13 +163,12 @@ static struct mtd_partition * newpart(char *s,
                 *num_parts = this_part + 1;
                 alloc_size = *num_parts * sizeof(struct mtd_partition) +
                              extra_mem_size;
-                parts = kmalloc(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+                parts = kzalloc(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL);
                 if (!parts)
                 {
                         printk(KERN_ERR ERRP "out of memory\n");
                         return NULL;
                 }
-                memset(parts, 0, alloc_size);
                 extra_mem = (unsigned char *)(parts + *num_parts);
         }
         /* enter this partition (offset will be calculated later if it is zero at this point) */