1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 9dcdf556c99c..9e95e7abaf69 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -37,11 +37,10 @@ static struct sysfs_dirent * __sysfs_new_dirent(void * element)
 {
         struct sysfs_dirent * sd;
 
-        sd = kmem_cache_alloc(sysfs_dir_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+        sd = kmem_cache_zalloc(sysfs_dir_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!sd)
                 return NULL;
 
-        memset(sd, 0, sizeof(*sd));
         atomic_set(&sd->s_count, 1);
         atomic_set(&sd->s_event, 1);
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sd->s_children);