1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_bbt.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_bbt.c
index 4e74fe9af29e..5e121ceaa598 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_bbt.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_bbt.c
@@ -960,14 +960,12 @@ int nand_scan_bbt(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_bbt_descr *bd)
         struct nand_bbt_descr *md = this->bbt_md;
 
         len = mtd->size >> (this->bbt_erase_shift + 2);
-        /* Allocate memory (2bit per block) */
-        this->bbt = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+        /* Allocate memory (2bit per block) and clear the memory bad block table */
+        this->bbt = kzalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!this->bbt) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "nand_scan_bbt: Out of memory\n");
                 return -ENOMEM;
         }
-        /* Clear the memory bad block table */
-        memset(this->bbt, 0x00, len);
 
         /* If no primary table decriptor is given, scan the device
          * to build a memory based bad block table