1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/tipc/zone.c b/net/tipc/zone.c
index 316c4872ff5b..f5b00ea2d5ac 100644
--- a/net/tipc/zone.c
+++ b/net/tipc/zone.c
@@ -52,13 +52,12 @@ struct _zone *tipc_zone_create(u32 addr)
                 return NULL;
         }
 
-        z_ptr = (struct _zone *)kmalloc(sizeof(*z_ptr), GFP_ATOMIC);
+        z_ptr = kzalloc(sizeof(*z_ptr), GFP_ATOMIC);
         if (!z_ptr) {
                 warn("Zone creation failed, insufficient memory\n");
                 return NULL;
         }
 
-        memset(z_ptr, 0, sizeof(*z_ptr));
         z_num = tipc_zone(addr);
         z_ptr->addr = tipc_addr(z_num, 0, 0);
         tipc_net.zones[z_num] = z_ptr;