1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ips.c b/drivers/scsi/ips.c
index 9f8ed6b81576..492a51bd6aa8 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ips.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ips.c
@@ -7068,14 +7068,13 @@ ips_init_phase1(struct pci_dev *pci_dev, int *indexPtr)
         subdevice_id = pci_dev->subsystem_device;
 
         /* found a controller */
-        ha = kmalloc(sizeof (ips_ha_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+        ha = kzalloc(sizeof (ips_ha_t), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (ha == NULL) {
                 IPS_PRINTK(KERN_WARNING, pci_dev,
                            "Unable to allocate temporary ha struct\n");
                 return -1;
         }
 
-        memset(ha, 0, sizeof (ips_ha_t));
 
         ips_sh[index] = NULL;
         ips_ha[index] = ha;