1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index 59359911f481..0fb42feff3c7 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -609,9 +609,8 @@ int cifs_unlink(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry)
                 }
         } else if (rc == -EACCES) {
                 /* try only if r/o attribute set in local lookup data? */
-                pinfo_buf = kmalloc(sizeof(FILE_BASIC_INFO), GFP_KERNEL);
+                pinfo_buf = kzalloc(sizeof(FILE_BASIC_INFO), GFP_KERNEL);
                 if (pinfo_buf) {
-                        memset(pinfo_buf, 0, sizeof(FILE_BASIC_INFO));
                         /* ATTRS set to normal clears r/o bit */
                         pinfo_buf->Attributes = cpu_to_le32(ATTR_NORMAL);
                         if (!(pTcon->ses->flags & CIFS_SES_NT4))