1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/cycx_x25.c b/drivers/net/wan/cycx_x25.c
index 016b3ff3ea5e..a8af28b273d3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/cycx_x25.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/cycx_x25.c
@@ -376,11 +376,10 @@ static int cycx_wan_new_if(struct wan_device *wandev, struct net_device *dev,
         }
 
         /* allocate and initialize private data */
-        chan = kmalloc(sizeof(struct cycx_x25_channel), GFP_KERNEL);
+        chan = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cycx_x25_channel), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!chan)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        memset(chan, 0, sizeof(*chan));
         strcpy(chan->name, conf->name);
         chan->card = card;
         chan->link = conf->port;