diff --git a/drivers/char/agp/backend.c b/drivers/char/agp/backend.c
index f27d0d0816d3ce5371a9948bc9841e74ba0f533b..4b71647782d03d16c38dd1cb319ed396daa9844c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/agp/backend.c
+++ b/drivers/char/agp/backend.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static int agp_backend_initialize(struct agp_bridge_data *bridge)
 	}
 	got_gatt = 1;
 
-	bridge->key_list = vmalloc(PAGE_SIZE * 4);
+	bridge->key_list = vzalloc(PAGE_SIZE * 4);
 	if (bridge->key_list == NULL) {
 		dev_err(&bridge->dev->dev,
 			"can't allocate memory for key lists\n");
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ static int agp_backend_initialize(struct agp_bridge_data *bridge)
 	got_keylist = 1;
 
 	/* FIXME vmalloc'd memory not guaranteed contiguous */
-	memset(bridge->key_list, 0, PAGE_SIZE * 4);
 
 	if (bridge->driver->configure()) {
 		dev_err(&bridge->dev->dev, "error configuring host chipset\n");
diff --git a/drivers/char/raw.c b/drivers/char/raw.c
index b33e8ea314ed0182e746d547e020933e053e5b03..b6de2c0471458d6c9191d32bbad740de904f1ed1 100644
--- a/drivers/char/raw.c
+++ b/drivers/char/raw.c
@@ -324,13 +324,12 @@ static int __init raw_init(void)
 		max_raw_minors = MAX_RAW_MINORS;
 	}
 
-	raw_devices = vmalloc(sizeof(struct raw_device_data) * max_raw_minors);
+	raw_devices = vzalloc(sizeof(struct raw_device_data) * max_raw_minors);
 	if (!raw_devices) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Not enough memory for raw device structures\n");
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto error;
 	}
-	memset(raw_devices, 0, sizeof(struct raw_device_data) * max_raw_minors);
 
 	ret = register_chrdev_region(dev, max_raw_minors, "raw");
 	if (ret)