1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.c
index 3f8c27f0871b..978fdc606781 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.c
@@ -1965,10 +1965,9 @@ static dev_link_t *wl3501_attach(void)
         int ret;
 
         /* Initialize the dev_link_t structure */
-        link = kmalloc(sizeof(*link), GFP_KERNEL);
+        link = kzalloc(sizeof(*link), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!link)
                 goto out;
-        memset(link, 0, sizeof(struct dev_link_t));
 
         /* The io structure describes IO port mapping */
         link->io.NumPorts1      = 16;