1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/sched/em_meta.c b/net/sched/em_meta.c
index 698372954f4d..61e3b740ab1a 100644
--- a/net/sched/em_meta.c
+++ b/net/sched/em_meta.c
@@ -773,10 +773,9 @@ static int em_meta_change(struct tcf_proto *tp, void *data, int len,
             TCF_META_ID(hdr->right.kind) > TCF_META_ID_MAX)
                 goto errout;
 
-        meta = kmalloc(sizeof(*meta), GFP_KERNEL);
+        meta = kzalloc(sizeof(*meta), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (meta == NULL)
                 goto errout;
-        memset(meta, 0, sizeof(*meta));
 
         memcpy(&meta->lvalue.hdr, &hdr->left, sizeof(hdr->left));
         memcpy(&meta->rvalue.hdr, &hdr->right, sizeof(hdr->right));