1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/smbfs/request.c b/fs/smbfs/request.c
index a4bcae8a9aff..42261dbdf60f 100644
--- a/fs/smbfs/request.c
+++ b/fs/smbfs/request.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static struct smb_request *smb_do_alloc_request(struct smb_sb_info *server,
         struct smb_request *req;
         unsigned char *buf = NULL;
 
-        req = kmem_cache_alloc(req_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+        req = kmem_cache_zalloc(req_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
         VERBOSE("allocating request: %p\n", req);
         if (!req)
                 goto out;
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ static struct smb_request *smb_do_alloc_request(struct smb_sb_info *server,
                 }
         }
 
-        memset(req, 0, sizeof(struct smb_request));
         req->rq_buffer = buf;
         req->rq_bufsize = bufsize;
         req->rq_server = server;