1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/sound/oss/dmasound/dac3550a.c b/sound/oss/dmasound/dac3550a.c
index 7360d8954d60..0f0d03a55dab 100644
--- a/sound/oss/dmasound/dac3550a.c
+++ b/sound/oss/dmasound/dac3550a.c
@@ -163,10 +163,9 @@ static int daca_detect_client(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int address)
         struct i2c_client *new_client;
         int rc = -ENODEV;
 
-        new_client = kmalloc(sizeof(*new_client), GFP_KERNEL);
+        new_client = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_client), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!new_client)
                 return -ENOMEM;
-        memset(new_client, 0, sizeof(*new_client));
 
         new_client->addr = address;
         new_client->adapter = adapter;