1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/tape_class.c b/drivers/s390/char/tape_class.c
index b3569c82bb16..a5c68e60fcf4 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/tape_class.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/tape_class.c
@@ -44,11 +44,10 @@ struct tape_class_device *register_tape_dev(
         int             rc;
         char *          s;
 
-        tcd = kmalloc(sizeof(struct tape_class_device), GFP_KERNEL);
+        tcd = kzalloc(sizeof(struct tape_class_device), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!tcd)
                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-        memset(tcd, 0, sizeof(struct tape_class_device));
         strncpy(tcd->device_name, device_name, TAPECLASS_NAME_LEN);
         for (s = strchr(tcd->device_name, '/'); s; s = strchr(s, '/'))
                 *s = '!';