1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 6beee6f6a674..4c29ac41ac3e 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -54,11 +54,10 @@ int sysfs_setattr(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * iattr)
 
         if (!sd_iattr) {
                 /* setting attributes for the first time, allocate now */
-                sd_iattr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct iattr), GFP_KERNEL);
+                sd_iattr = kzalloc(sizeof(struct iattr), GFP_KERNEL);
                 if (!sd_iattr)
                         return -ENOMEM;
                 /* assign default attributes */
-                memset(sd_iattr, 0, sizeof(struct iattr));
                 sd_iattr->ia_mode = sd->s_mode;
                 sd_iattr->ia_uid = 0;
                 sd_iattr->ia_gid = 0;