1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c b/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c
index c145e1ed8429..ece52a6328b5 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c
@@ -1141,12 +1141,11 @@ static int ftdi_sio_attach (struct usb_serial *serial)
         
         dbg("%s",__FUNCTION__);
 
-        priv = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ftdi_private), GFP_KERNEL);
+        priv = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ftdi_private), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!priv){
                 err("%s- kmalloc(%Zd) failed.", __FUNCTION__, sizeof(struct ftdi_private));
                 return -ENOMEM;
         }
-        memset(priv, 0, sizeof(*priv));
 
         spin_lock_init(&priv->rx_lock);
         init_waitqueue_head(&priv->delta_msr_wait);