1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/partitions/check.c b/fs/partitions/check.c
index 98e0b85a9bb2..783c57ec07d3 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/check.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/check.c
@@ -372,11 +372,10 @@ void add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int part, sector_t start, sector_t len,
 {
         struct hd_struct *p;
 
-        p = kmalloc(sizeof(*p), GFP_KERNEL);
+        p = kzalloc(sizeof(*p), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!p)
                 return;
         
-        memset(p, 0, sizeof(*p));
         p->start_sect = start;
         p->nr_sects = len;
         p->partno = part;