1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/posix-timers.c b/kernel/posix-timers.c
index 5fe87de10ff0..a1bf61617839 100644
--- a/kernel/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-timers.c
@@ -399,10 +399,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_posix_clock);
 static struct k_itimer * alloc_posix_timer(void)
 {
         struct k_itimer *tmr;
-        tmr = kmem_cache_alloc(posix_timers_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
+        tmr = kmem_cache_zalloc(posix_timers_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!tmr)
                 return tmr;
-        memset(tmr, 0, sizeof (struct k_itimer));
         if (unlikely(!(tmr->sigq = sigqueue_alloc()))) {
                 kmem_cache_free(posix_timers_cache, tmr);
                 tmr = NULL;