1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/monreader.c b/drivers/s390/char/monreader.c
index 5fd3ad867386..fb7bc9e5eebc 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/monreader.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/monreader.c
@@ -257,14 +257,13 @@ mon_alloc_mem(void)
         int i,j;
         struct mon_private *monpriv;
 
-        monpriv = kmalloc(sizeof(struct mon_private), GFP_KERNEL);
+        monpriv = kzalloc(sizeof(struct mon_private), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!monpriv) {
                 P_ERROR("no memory for monpriv\n");
                 return NULL;
         }
-        memset(monpriv, 0, sizeof(struct mon_private));
         for (i = 0; i < MON_MSGLIM; i++) {
-                monpriv->msg_array[i] = kmalloc(sizeof(struct mon_msg),
+                monpriv->msg_array[i] = kzalloc(sizeof(struct mon_msg),
                                                     GFP_KERNEL);
                 if (!monpriv->msg_array[i]) {
                         P_ERROR("open, no memory for msg_array\n");
@@ -272,7 +271,6 @@ mon_alloc_mem(void)
                                 kfree(monpriv->msg_array[j]);
                         return NULL;
                 }
-                memset(monpriv->msg_array[i], 0, sizeof(struct mon_msg));
         }
         return monpriv;
 }