1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index d8c477a56257..995cba3c62b8 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1143,10 +1143,9 @@ int 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);