1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_ioctl.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_ioctl.c
index 0bba7d8eebb0..36e930066649 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_ioctl.c
@@ -241,10 +241,9 @@ int scsi_ioctl_send_command(struct scsi_device *sdev,
                 buf_needed = (buf_needed + 511) & ~511;
                 if (buf_needed > MAX_BUF)
                         buf_needed = MAX_BUF;
-                buf = kmalloc(buf_needed, gfp_mask);
+                buf = kzalloc(buf_needed, gfp_mask);
                 if (!buf)
                         return -ENOMEM;
-                memset(buf, 0, buf_needed);
                 if (inlen == 0) {
                         data_direction = DMA_FROM_DEVICE;
                 } else if (outlen == 0 ) {