1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index d586c35ef8fc..fbf173215fd2 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -542,8 +542,8 @@ static void __init kernel_param_sysfs_setup(const char *name,
 {
         struct module_kobject *mk;
 
-        mk = kmalloc(sizeof(struct module_kobject), GFP_KERNEL);
-        memset(mk, 0, sizeof(struct module_kobject));
+        mk = kzalloc(sizeof(struct module_kobject), GFP_KERNEL);
+        BUG_ON(!mk);
 
         mk->mod = THIS_MODULE;
         kobj_set_kset_s(mk, module_subsys);