1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
index fcdd5d2bc3f4..d43692cf2321 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec.c
@@ -108,11 +108,10 @@ static int do_kimage_alloc(struct kimage **rimage, unsigned long entry,
 
         /* Allocate a controlling structure */
         result = -ENOMEM;
-        image = kmalloc(sizeof(*image), GFP_KERNEL);
+        image = kzalloc(sizeof(*image), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!image)
                 goto out;
 
-        memset(image, 0, sizeof(*image));
         image->head = 0;
         image->entry = &image->head;
         image->last_entry = &image->head;