1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c b/drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c
index ef42942a9390..644ddb841d9f 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c
@@ -848,13 +848,11 @@ static struct n_hdlc *n_hdlc_alloc(void)
 {
         struct n_hdlc_buf *buf;
         int i;
-        struct n_hdlc *n_hdlc = kmalloc(sizeof(*n_hdlc), GFP_KERNEL);
+        struct n_hdlc *n_hdlc = kzalloc(sizeof(*n_hdlc), GFP_KERNEL);
 
         if (!n_hdlc)
                 return NULL;
 
-        memset(n_hdlc, 0, sizeof(*n_hdlc));
-
         n_hdlc_buf_list_init(&n_hdlc->rx_free_buf_list);
         n_hdlc_buf_list_init(&n_hdlc->tx_free_buf_list);
         n_hdlc_buf_list_init(&n_hdlc->rx_buf_list);