1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c
index 401c6a294baa..6d917a4daa9d 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c
@@ -295,10 +295,9 @@ static struct block2mtd_dev *add_device(char *devname, int erase_size)
         if (!devname)
                 return NULL;
 
-        dev = kmalloc(sizeof(struct block2mtd_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
+        dev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct block2mtd_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!dev)
                 return NULL;
-        memset(dev, 0, sizeof(*dev));
 
         /* Get a handle on the device */
         bdev = open_bdev_excl(devname, O_RDWR, NULL);