1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c
index bd40aee10e16..7f03881a8b68 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c
@@ -319,13 +319,12 @@ static int ibm_get_table_from_acpi(char **bufp)
         if (bufp == NULL)
                 goto read_table_done;
 
-        lbuf = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+        lbuf = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
         dbg("%s: element count: %i, ASL table size: %i, &table = 0x%p\n",
                         __FUNCTION__, package->package.count, size, lbuf);
 
         if (lbuf) {
                 *bufp = lbuf;
-                memset(lbuf, 0, size);
         } else {
                 size = -ENOMEM;
                 goto read_table_done;