1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/sound/oss/dmasound/tas_common.c b/sound/oss/dmasound/tas_common.c
index 882ae98a41b1..665e85b5562b 100644
--- a/sound/oss/dmasound/tas_common.c
+++ b/sound/oss/dmasound/tas_common.c
@@ -135,10 +135,9 @@ tas_detect_client(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int address)
                 return -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;