1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 434220d093aa..dfb62998866a 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -3100,12 +3100,11 @@ struct net_device *alloc_netdev(int sizeof_priv, const char *name,
         alloc_size = (sizeof(*dev) + NETDEV_ALIGN_CONST) & ~NETDEV_ALIGN_CONST;
         alloc_size += sizeof_priv + NETDEV_ALIGN_CONST;
 
-        p = kmalloc(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+        p = kzalloc(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!p) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "alloc_dev: Unable to allocate device.\n");
                 return NULL;
         }
-        memset(p, 0, alloc_size);
 
         dev = (struct net_device *)
                 (((long)p + NETDEV_ALIGN_CONST) & ~NETDEV_ALIGN_CONST);