1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/sound/oss/ac97_codec.c b/sound/oss/ac97_codec.c
index 602db497929a..fef56cac06c8 100644
--- a/sound/oss/ac97_codec.c
+++ b/sound/oss/ac97_codec.c
@@ -744,11 +744,10 @@ static int ac97_check_modem(struct ac97_codec *codec)
  
 struct ac97_codec *ac97_alloc_codec(void)
 {
-        struct ac97_codec *codec = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ac97_codec), GFP_KERNEL);
+        struct ac97_codec *codec = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ac97_codec), GFP_KERNEL);
         if(!codec)
                 return NULL;
 
-        memset(codec, 0, sizeof(*codec));
         spin_lock_init(&codec->lock);
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&codec->list);
         return codec;