1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 744a4b102c7f..7ce6dc138e90 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -111,10 +111,9 @@ char *kobject_get_path(struct kobject *kobj, gfp_t gfp_mask)
         len = get_kobj_path_length(kobj);
         if (len == 0)
                 return NULL;
-        path = kmalloc(len, gfp_mask);
+        path = kzalloc(len, gfp_mask);
         if (!path)
                 return NULL;
-        memset(path, 0x00, len);
         fill_kobj_path(kobj, path, len);
 
         return path;