1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
index 07618f51d969..7c4adc641328 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ static int mtd_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
                 if(!(file->f_mode & 2))
                         return -EPERM;
 
-                erase=kmalloc(sizeof(struct erase_info),GFP_KERNEL);
+                erase=kzalloc(sizeof(struct erase_info),GFP_KERNEL);
                 if (!erase)
                         ret = -ENOMEM;
                 else {
@@ -440,7 +440,6 @@ static int mtd_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 
                         init_waitqueue_head(&waitq);
 
-                        memset (erase,0,sizeof(struct erase_info));
                         if (copy_from_user(&erase->addr, argp,
                                     sizeof(struct erase_info_user))) {
                                 kfree(erase);