1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/phram.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/phram.c
index 6c7337f9ebbb..56cc1ca7ffd5 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/phram.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/phram.c
@@ -126,12 +126,10 @@ static int register_device(char *name, unsigned long start, unsigned long len)
         struct phram_mtd_list *new;
         int ret = -ENOMEM;
 
-        new = kmalloc(sizeof(*new), GFP_KERNEL);
+        new = kzalloc(sizeof(*new), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!new)
                 goto out0;
 
-        memset(new, 0, sizeof(*new));
-
         ret = -EIO;
         new->mtd.priv = ioremap(start, len);
         if (!new->mtd.priv) {