1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/s390/s390_rdev.c b/drivers/s390/s390_rdev.c
index e3f647169827..3c7145d9f9a1 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/s390_rdev.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/s390_rdev.c
@@ -27,10 +27,9 @@ s390_root_dev_register(const char *name)
 
         if (!strlen(name))
                 return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-        dev = kmalloc(sizeof(struct device), GFP_KERNEL);
+        dev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct device), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!dev)
                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-        memset(dev, 0, sizeof(struct device));
         strncpy(dev->bus_id, name, min(strlen(name), (size_t)BUS_ID_SIZE));
         dev->release = s390_root_dev_release;
         ret = device_register(dev);