1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/chsc.c b/drivers/s390/cio/chsc.c
index 8b57fe62a9f9..6412b2c3edd3 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/chsc.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/chsc.c
@@ -1403,10 +1403,9 @@ new_channel_path(int chpid)
         struct channel_path *chp;
         int ret;
 
-        chp = kmalloc(sizeof(struct channel_path), GFP_KERNEL);
+        chp = kzalloc(sizeof(struct channel_path), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!chp)
                 return -ENOMEM;
-        memset(chp, 0, sizeof(struct channel_path));
 
         /* fill in status, etc. */
         chp->id = chpid;