1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/auerswald.c b/drivers/usb/misc/auerswald.c
index 6c7f3efb1d40..b5332e679c46 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/auerswald.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/auerswald.c
@@ -1376,7 +1376,7 @@ static int auerchar_open (struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
         }
 
         /* we have access to the device. Now lets allocate memory */
-        ccp = (pauerchar_t) kmalloc(sizeof(auerchar_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+        ccp = kzalloc(sizeof(auerchar_t), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (ccp == NULL) {
                 err ("out of memory");
                 ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -1384,7 +1384,6 @@ static int auerchar_open (struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
         }
 
         /* Initialize device descriptor */
-        memset( ccp, 0, sizeof(auerchar_t));
         init_MUTEX( &ccp->mutex);
         init_MUTEX( &ccp->readmutex);
         auerbuf_init (&ccp->bufctl);
@@ -1912,14 +1911,13 @@ static int auerswald_probe (struct usb_interface *intf,
                 return -ENODEV;
 
         /* allocate memory for our device and initialize it */
-        cp = kmalloc (sizeof(auerswald_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+        cp = kzalloc (sizeof(auerswald_t), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (cp == NULL) {
                 err ("out of memory");
                 goto pfail;
         }
 
         /* Initialize device descriptor */
-        memset (cp, 0, sizeof(auerswald_t));
         init_MUTEX (&cp->mutex);
         cp->usbdev = usbdev;
         auerchain_init (&cp->controlchain);