1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
index c5a2e5298f15..779c3477d93c 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ static int ecryptfs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
         int lower_flags;
 
         /* Released in ecryptfs_release or end of function if failure */
-        file_info = kmem_cache_alloc(ecryptfs_file_info_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
+        file_info = kmem_cache_zalloc(ecryptfs_file_info_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
         ecryptfs_set_file_private(file, file_info);
         if (!file_info) {
                 ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR,
@@ -259,7 +259,6 @@ static int ecryptfs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
                 rc = -ENOMEM;
                 goto out;
         }
-        memset(file_info, 0, sizeof(*file_info));
         lower_dentry = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(ecryptfs_dentry);
         crypt_stat = &ecryptfs_inode_to_private(inode)->crypt_stat;
         mount_crypt_stat = &ecryptfs_superblock_to_private(