2 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/sound/core/memory.c b/sound/core/memory.c
index 1622893d00a2..291b4769bde3 100644
--- a/sound/core/memory.c
+++ b/sound/core/memory.c
@@ -116,15 +116,21 @@ void *snd_hidden_kmalloc(size_t size, unsigned int __nocast flags)
         return _snd_kmalloc(size, flags);
 }
 
+void *snd_hidden_kzalloc(size_t size, unsigned int __nocast flags)
+{
+        void *ret = _snd_kmalloc(size, flags);
+        if (ret)
+                memset(ret, 0, size);
+        return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_hidden_kzalloc);
+
 void *snd_hidden_kcalloc(size_t n, size_t size, unsigned int __nocast flags)
 {
         void *ret = NULL;
         if (n != 0 && size > INT_MAX / n)
                 return ret;
-        ret = _snd_kmalloc(n * size, flags);
-        if (ret)
-                memset(ret, 0, n * size);
-        return ret;
+        return snd_hidden_kzalloc(n * size, flags);
 }
 
 void snd_hidden_kfree(const void *obj)
diff --git a/sound/pci/ali5451/ali5451.c b/sound/pci/ali5451/ali5451.c
index ce6c9fadb594..4943299cf137 100644
--- a/sound/pci/ali5451/ali5451.c
+++ b/sound/pci/ali5451/ali5451.c
@@ -2249,7 +2249,7 @@ static int __devinit snd_ali_create(snd_card_t * card,
                 return -ENXIO;
         }
 
-        if ((codec = kcalloc(1, sizeof(*codec), GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL) {
+        if ((codec = kzalloc(sizeof(*codec), GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL) {
                 pci_disable_device(pci);
                 return -ENOMEM;
         }