1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c
index 5c36345c9bf7..8c6eb04d31e2 100644
--- a/fs/char_dev.c
+++ b/fs/char_dev.c
@@ -146,12 +146,10 @@ __register_chrdev_region(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor,
         int ret = 0;
         int i;
 
-        cd = kmalloc(sizeof(struct char_device_struct), GFP_KERNEL);
+        cd = kzalloc(sizeof(struct char_device_struct), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (cd == NULL)
                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-        memset(cd, 0, sizeof(struct char_device_struct));
-
         mutex_lock(&chrdevs_lock);
 
         /* temporary */
@@ -466,9 +464,8 @@ static struct kobj_type ktype_cdev_dynamic = {
 
 struct cdev *cdev_alloc(void)
 {
-        struct cdev *p = kmalloc(sizeof(struct cdev), GFP_KERNEL);
+        struct cdev *p = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cdev), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (p) {
-                memset(p, 0, sizeof(struct cdev));
                 p->kobj.ktype = &ktype_cdev_dynamic;
                 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->list);
                 kobject_init(&p->kobj);