1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index 1814ba446809..9371ee209954 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -72,11 +72,10 @@ static struct configfs_dirent *configfs_new_dirent(struct configfs_dirent * pare
 {
         struct configfs_dirent * sd;
 
-        sd = kmem_cache_alloc(configfs_dir_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+        sd = kmem_cache_zalloc(configfs_dir_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!sd)
                 return NULL;
 
-        memset(sd, 0, sizeof(*sd));
         atomic_set(&sd->s_count, 1);
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sd->s_links);
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sd->s_children);