1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/hamradio/dmascc.c b/drivers/net/hamradio/dmascc.c
index 3be8c5047599..205f09672492 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hamradio/dmascc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hamradio/dmascc.c
@@ -453,8 +453,8 @@ static int __init setup_adapter(int card_base, int type, int n)
         int scc_base = card_base + hw[type].scc_offset;
         char *chipnames[] = CHIPNAMES;
 
-        /* Allocate memory */
-        info = kmalloc(sizeof(struct scc_info), GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
+        /* Initialize what is necessary for write_scc and write_scc_data */
+        info = kzalloc(sizeof(struct scc_info), GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
         if (!info) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "dmascc: "
                        "could not allocate memory for %s at %#3x\n",
@@ -462,8 +462,6 @@ static int __init setup_adapter(int card_base, int type, int n)
                 goto out;
         }
 
-        /* Initialize what is necessary for write_scc and write_scc_data */
-        memset(info, 0, sizeof(struct scc_info));
 
         info->dev[0] = alloc_netdev(0, "", dev_setup);
         if (!info->dev[0]) {