1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ftl.c b/drivers/mtd/ftl.c
index da39355132d8..24235d4f1d23 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ftl.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ftl.c
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ static void ftl_add_mtd(struct mtd_blktrans_ops *tr, struct mtd_info *mtd)
 {
         partition_t *partition;
 
-        partition = kmalloc(sizeof(partition_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+        partition = kzalloc(sizeof(partition_t), GFP_KERNEL);
 
         if (!partition) {
                 printk(KERN_WARNING "No memory to scan for FTL on %s\n",
@@ -1041,8 +1041,6 @@ static void ftl_add_mtd(struct mtd_blktrans_ops *tr, struct mtd_info *mtd)
                 return;
         }
 
-        memset(partition, 0, sizeof(partition_t));
-
         partition->mbd.mtd = mtd;
 
         if ((scan_header(partition) == 0) &&