1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/io_edgeport.c b/drivers/usb/serial/io_edgeport.c
index 3f29e6b0fd19..b606c5968102 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/io_edgeport.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/io_edgeport.c
@@ -2725,12 +2725,11 @@ static int edge_startup (struct usb_serial *serial)
         dev = serial->dev;
 
         /* create our private serial structure */
-        edge_serial = kmalloc (sizeof(struct edgeport_serial), GFP_KERNEL);
+        edge_serial = kzalloc(sizeof(struct edgeport_serial), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (edge_serial == NULL) {
                 dev_err(&serial->dev->dev, "%s - Out of memory\n", __FUNCTION__);
                 return -ENOMEM;
         }
-        memset (edge_serial, 0, sizeof(struct edgeport_serial));
         spin_lock_init(&edge_serial->es_lock);
         edge_serial->serial = serial;
         usb_set_serial_data(serial, edge_serial);