1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
index bc77c0e1a943..84d7ebdb9d21 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -567,10 +567,9 @@ static inline struct ipv6_txoptions *create_tel(__u8 encap_limit)
 
         int opt_len = sizeof(*opt) + 8;
 
-        if (!(opt = kmalloc(opt_len, GFP_ATOMIC))) {
+        if (!(opt = kzalloc(opt_len, GFP_ATOMIC))) {
                 return NULL;
         }
-        memset(opt, 0, opt_len);
         opt->tot_len = opt_len;
         opt->dst0opt = (struct ipv6_opt_hdr *) (opt + 1);
         opt->opt_nflen = 8;