1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/dir.c b/fs/ext3/dir.c
index 4d97f437cd48..429acbb4e064 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/dir.c
@@ -343,10 +343,9 @@ int ext3_htree_store_dirent(struct file *dir_file, __u32 hash,
 
         /* Create and allocate the fname structure */
         len = sizeof(struct fname) + dirent->name_len + 1;
-        new_fn = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+        new_fn = kzalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!new_fn)
                 return -ENOMEM;
-        memset(new_fn, 0, len);
         new_fn->hash = hash;
         new_fn->minor_hash = minor_hash;
         new_fn->inode = le32_to_cpu(dirent->inode);