diff --git a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_sdio.c b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_sdio.c
index 53d4825cc726edc72cdbfe28c9a533c1fc37a303..7632a0ebd97044533c19c8768f57a313be41d8ae 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_sdio.c
@@ -5644,14 +5644,12 @@ brcmf_sdbrcm_chip_attach(struct brcmf_bus *bus, u32 regs)
 	BRCMF_TRACE(("%s: Enter\n", __func__));
 
 	/* alloc chip_info_t */
-	ci = kmalloc(sizeof(struct chip_info), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	ci = kzalloc(sizeof(struct chip_info), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (NULL == ci) {
 		BRCMF_ERROR(("%s: malloc failed!\n", __func__));
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	memset((unsigned char *)ci, 0, sizeof(struct chip_info));
-
 	/* bus/core/clk setup for register access */
 	/* Try forcing SDIO core to do ALPAvail request only */
 	clkset = SBSDIO_FORCE_HW_CLKREQ_OFF | SBSDIO_ALP_AVAIL_REQ;