1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/NCR_D700.c b/drivers/scsi/NCR_D700.c
index f12864abed2f..3a8089705feb 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/NCR_D700.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/NCR_D700.c
@@ -181,13 +181,12 @@ NCR_D700_probe_one(struct NCR_D700_private *p, int siop, int irq,
         struct Scsi_Host *host;
         int ret;
 
-        hostdata = kmalloc(sizeof(*hostdata), GFP_KERNEL);
+        hostdata = kzalloc(sizeof(*hostdata), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!hostdata) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "NCR D700: SIOP%d: Failed to allocate host"
                        "data, detatching\n", siop);
                 return -ENOMEM;
         }
-        memset(hostdata, 0, sizeof(*hostdata));
 
         if (!request_region(region, 64, "NCR_D700")) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "NCR D700: Failed to reserve IO region 0x%x\n",