1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/yenta_socket.c b/drivers/pcmcia/yenta_socket.c
index 826e7e133269..4145eb83b9b6 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/yenta_socket.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/yenta_socket.c
@@ -1019,10 +1019,9 @@ static int __devinit yenta_probe (struct pci_dev *dev, const struct pci_device_i
                 return -ENODEV;
         }
 
-        socket = kmalloc(sizeof(struct yenta_socket), GFP_KERNEL);
+        socket = kzalloc(sizeof(struct yenta_socket), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!socket)
                 return -ENOMEM;
-        memset(socket, 0, sizeof(*socket));
 
         /* prepare pcmcia_socket */
         socket->socket.ops = &yenta_socket_operations;