1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/econet/af_econet.c b/net/econet/af_econet.c
index 309ae4c6549a..4d66aac13483 100644
--- a/net/econet/af_econet.c
+++ b/net/econet/af_econet.c
@@ -673,12 +673,11 @@ static int ec_dev_ioctl(struct socket *sock, unsigned int cmd, void __user *arg)
                 edev = dev->ec_ptr;
                 if (edev == NULL) {
                         /* Magic up a new one. */
-                        edev = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ec_device), GFP_KERNEL);
+                        edev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ec_device), GFP_KERNEL);
                         if (edev == NULL) {
                                 err = -ENOMEM;
                                 break;
                         }
-                        memset(edev, 0, sizeof(struct ec_device));
                         dev->ec_ptr = edev;
                 } else
                         net2dev_map[edev->net] = NULL;