1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/xattr.c b/fs/ext3/xattr.c
index f58cbb26323e..408373819e34 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/xattr.c
@@ -741,12 +741,11 @@ ext3_xattr_block_set(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
                 }
         } else {
                 /* Allocate a buffer where we construct the new block. */
-                s->base = kmalloc(sb->s_blocksize, GFP_KERNEL);
+                s->base = kzalloc(sb->s_blocksize, GFP_KERNEL);
                 /* assert(header == s->base) */
                 error = -ENOMEM;
                 if (s->base == NULL)
                         goto cleanup;
-                memset(s->base, 0, sb->s_blocksize);
                 header(s->base)->h_magic = cpu_to_le32(EXT3_XATTR_MAGIC);
                 header(s->base)->h_blocks = cpu_to_le32(1);
                 header(s->base)->h_refcount = cpu_to_le32(1);