diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/cytherm.c b/drivers/usb/misc/cytherm.c
index 6671317b495f4c996319463fd29796ae92a5b99e..a04204292aa3db244f73ee38ad3e96e414d9d75b 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/cytherm.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/cytherm.c
@@ -351,12 +351,11 @@ static int cytherm_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
 	struct usb_cytherm *dev = NULL;
 	int retval = -ENOMEM;
 
-	dev = kmalloc (sizeof(struct usb_cytherm), GFP_KERNEL);
+	dev = kzalloc (sizeof(struct usb_cytherm), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (dev == NULL) {
 		dev_err (&interface->dev, "Out of memory\n");
 		goto error;
 	}
-	memset (dev, 0x00, sizeof (*dev));
 
 	dev->udev = usb_get_dev(udev);