1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia.c b/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia.c
index 538e947610e1..f6731dadff3a 100644
--- a/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia.c
+++ b/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia.c
@@ -1205,13 +1205,11 @@ static int __devinit nvidiafb_probe(struct pci_dev *pd,
         par = info->par;
         par->pci_dev = pd;
 
-        info->pixmap.addr = kmalloc(8 * 1024, GFP_KERNEL);
+        info->pixmap.addr = kzalloc(8 * 1024, GFP_KERNEL);
 
         if (info->pixmap.addr == NULL)
                 goto err_out_kfree;
 
-        memset(info->pixmap.addr, 0, 8 * 1024);
-
         if (pci_enable_device(pd)) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR PFX "cannot enable PCI device\n");
                 goto err_out_enable;