1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sim710.c b/drivers/scsi/sim710.c
index 018c65f73ac4..710f19de3d40 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sim710.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sim710.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ sim710_probe_common(struct device *dev, unsigned long base_addr,
 {
         struct Scsi_Host * host = NULL;
         struct NCR_700_Host_Parameters *hostdata =
-                kmalloc(sizeof(struct NCR_700_Host_Parameters), GFP_KERNEL);
+                kzalloc(sizeof(struct NCR_700_Host_Parameters), GFP_KERNEL);
 
         printk(KERN_NOTICE "sim710: %s\n", dev->bus_id);
         printk(KERN_NOTICE "sim710: irq = %d, clock = %d, base = 0x%lx, scsi_id = %d\n",
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ sim710_probe_common(struct device *dev, unsigned long base_addr,
                 printk(KERN_ERR "sim710: Failed to allocate host data\n");
                 goto out;
         }
-        memset(hostdata, 0, sizeof(struct NCR_700_Host_Parameters));
 
         if(request_region(base_addr, 64, "sim710") == NULL) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "sim710: Failed to reserve IO region 0x%lx\n",