1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
index a20f75fd8d61..89692f898ef4 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
@@ -323,14 +323,13 @@ int add_mtd_partitions(struct mtd_info *master,
         for (i = 0; i < nbparts; i++) {
 
                 /* allocate the partition structure */
-                slave = kmalloc (sizeof(*slave), GFP_KERNEL);
+                slave = kzalloc (sizeof(*slave), GFP_KERNEL);
                 if (!slave) {
                         printk ("memory allocation error while creating partitions for \"%s\"\n",
                                 master->name);
                         del_mtd_partitions(master);
                         return -ENOMEM;
                 }
-                memset(slave, 0, sizeof(*slave));
                 list_add(&slave->list, &mtd_partitions);
 
                 /* set up the MTD object for this partition */