1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index c7e36d4a70ca..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. */
@@ -499,7 +498,7 @@ static int __devinit workqueue_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
         case CPU_UP_PREPARE:
                 /* Create a new workqueue thread for it. */
                 list_for_each_entry(wq, &workqueues, list) {
-                        if (create_workqueue_thread(wq, hotcpu) < 0) {
+                        if (!create_workqueue_thread(wq, hotcpu)) {
                                 printk("workqueue for %i failed\n", hotcpu);
                                 return NOTIFY_BAD;
                         }