1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/mmtimer.c b/drivers/char/mmtimer.c
index c09160383a53..6e55cfb9c65a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mmtimer.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mmtimer.c
@@ -705,15 +705,13 @@ static int __init mmtimer_init(void)
         maxn++;
 
         /* Allocate list of node ptrs to mmtimer_t's */
-        timers = kmalloc(sizeof(mmtimer_t *)*maxn, GFP_KERNEL);
+        timers = kzalloc(sizeof(mmtimer_t *)*maxn, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (timers == NULL) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "%s: failed to allocate memory for device\n",
                                 MMTIMER_NAME);
                 goto out3;
         }
 
-        memset(timers,0,(sizeof(mmtimer_t *)*maxn));
-
         /* Allocate mmtimer_t's for each online node */
         for_each_online_node(node) {
                 timers[node] = kmalloc_node(sizeof(mmtimer_t)*NUM_COMPARATORS, GFP_KERNEL, node);