1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index a3de837a8ddd..91bacb13a7e2 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -308,10 +308,9 @@ struct workqueue_struct *__create_workqueue(const char *name,
         struct workqueue_struct *wq;
         struct task_struct *p;
 
-        wq = kmalloc(sizeof(*wq), GFP_KERNEL);
+        wq = kzalloc(sizeof(*wq), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!wq)
                 return NULL;
-        memset(wq, 0, sizeof(*wq));
 
         wq->name = name;
         /* We don't need the distraction of CPUs appearing and vanishing. */