diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/ldusb.c b/drivers/usb/misc/ldusb.c
index e2d1198..f6bdaf0 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/ldusb.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/ldusb.c
@@ -626,12 +626,11 @@
 
 	/* allocate memory for our device state and intialize it */
 
-	dev = kmalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
+	dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (dev == NULL) {
 		dev_err(&intf->dev, "Out of memory\n");
 		goto exit;
 	}
-	memset(dev, 0x00, sizeof(*dev));
 	init_MUTEX(&dev->sem);
 	dev->intf = intf;
 	init_waitqueue_head(&dev->read_wait);