1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/cytherm.c b/drivers/usb/misc/cytherm.c
index 6671317b495f..a04204292aa3 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/cytherm.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/cytherm.c
@@ -351,12 +351,11 @@ static int cytherm_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
         struct usb_cytherm *dev = NULL;
         int retval = -ENOMEM;
 
-        dev = kmalloc (sizeof(struct usb_cytherm), GFP_KERNEL);
+        dev = kzalloc (sizeof(struct usb_cytherm), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (dev == NULL) {
                 dev_err (&interface->dev, "Out of memory\n");
                 goto error;
         }
-        memset (dev, 0x00, sizeof (*dev));
 
         dev->udev = usb_get_dev(udev);