1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/serial/8250_pci.c b/drivers/serial/8250_pci.c
index a2dac378bda9..2989228ed701 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/8250_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/8250_pci.c
@@ -1628,7 +1628,7 @@ pciserial_init_ports(struct pci_dev *dev, struct pciserial_board *board)
                         nr_ports = rc;
         }
 
-        priv = kmalloc(sizeof(struct serial_private) +
+        priv = kzalloc(sizeof(struct serial_private) +
                        sizeof(unsigned int) * nr_ports,
                        GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!priv) {
@@ -1636,9 +1636,6 @@ pciserial_init_ports(struct pci_dev *dev, struct pciserial_board *board)
                 goto err_deinit;
         }
 
-        memset(priv, 0, sizeof(struct serial_private) +
-                        sizeof(unsigned int) * nr_ports);
-
         priv->dev = dev;
         priv->quirk = quirk;