1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/irtty-sir.c b/drivers/net/irda/irtty-sir.c
index ad1857364d51..6f5f697ec9f8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/irtty-sir.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/irtty-sir.c
@@ -505,10 +505,9 @@ static int irtty_open(struct tty_struct *tty)
         }
 
         /* allocate private device info block */
-        priv = kmalloc(sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
+        priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!priv)
                 goto out_put;
-        memset(priv, 0, sizeof(*priv));
 
         priv->magic = IRTTY_MAGIC;
         priv->tty = tty;