1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.c b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
index 86ae8e93adb9..af52a7f8b291 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
@@ -521,11 +521,10 @@ bad_block:		ext2_error(sb, "ext2_xattr_set",
                 }
         } else {
                 /* Allocate a buffer where we construct the new block. */
-                header = kmalloc(sb->s_blocksize, GFP_KERNEL);
+                header = kzalloc(sb->s_blocksize, GFP_KERNEL);
                 error = -ENOMEM;
                 if (header == NULL)
                         goto cleanup;
-                memset(header, 0, sb->s_blocksize);
                 end = (char *)header + sb->s_blocksize;
                 header->h_magic = cpu_to_le32(EXT2_XATTR_MAGIC);
                 header->h_blocks = header->h_refcount = cpu_to_le32(1);