1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/tests/mtd_pagetest.c b/drivers/mtd/tests/mtd_pagetest.c
index 921a85df9196..6bc1b8276c62 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/tests/mtd_pagetest.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/tests/mtd_pagetest.c
@@ -480,12 +480,11 @@ static int scan_for_bad_eraseblocks(void)
 {
         int i, bad = 0;
 
-        bbt = kmalloc(ebcnt, GFP_KERNEL);
+        bbt = kzalloc(ebcnt, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!bbt) {
                 printk(PRINT_PREF "error: cannot allocate memory\n");
                 return -ENOMEM;
         }
-        memset(bbt, 0 , ebcnt);
 
         printk(PRINT_PREF "scanning for bad eraseblocks\n");
         for (i = 0; i < ebcnt; ++i) {