1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/unlink.c b/fs/nfs/unlink.c
index a65c7b53d558..0e28189c2151 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/unlink.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/unlink.c
@@ -163,10 +163,9 @@ nfs_async_unlink(struct dentry *dentry)
         struct rpc_clnt *clnt = NFS_CLIENT(dir->d_inode);
         int             status = -ENOMEM;
 
-        data = kmalloc(sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);
+        data = kzalloc(sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!data)
                 goto out;
-        memset(data, 0, sizeof(*data));
 
         data->cred = rpcauth_lookupcred(clnt->cl_auth, 0);
         if (IS_ERR(data->cred)) {