1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/ax25/ax25_dev.c b/net/ax25/ax25_dev.c
index 47e6e790bd67..b787678220ff 100644
--- a/net/ax25/ax25_dev.c
+++ b/net/ax25/ax25_dev.c
@@ -55,15 +55,13 @@ void ax25_dev_device_up(struct net_device *dev)
 {
         ax25_dev *ax25_dev;
 
-        if ((ax25_dev = kmalloc(sizeof(*ax25_dev), GFP_ATOMIC)) == NULL) {
+        if ((ax25_dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*ax25_dev), GFP_ATOMIC)) == NULL) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "AX.25: ax25_dev_device_up - out of memory\n");
                 return;
         }
 
         ax25_unregister_sysctl();
 
-        memset(ax25_dev, 0x00, sizeof(*ax25_dev));
-
         dev->ax25_ptr     = ax25_dev;
         ax25_dev->dev     = dev;
         dev_hold(dev);