1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c
index 263990ae4096..ef5a0771592d 100644
--- a/fs/compat.c
+++ b/fs/compat.c
@@ -1476,10 +1476,9 @@ int compat_do_execve(char * filename,
         int i;
 
         retval = -ENOMEM;
-        bprm = kmalloc(sizeof(*bprm), GFP_KERNEL);
+        bprm = kzalloc(sizeof(*bprm), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!bprm)
                 goto out_ret;
-        memset(bprm, 0, sizeof(*bprm));
 
         file = open_exec(filename);
         retval = PTR_ERR(file);