diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drxd_hard.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drxd_hard.c
index 34b9441840da297b7104fc63b743424cae7fcf95..445a15c2714fe62af2b22a61e1e78eef64b89d52 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drxd_hard.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drxd_hard.c
@@ -2950,10 +2950,9 @@ struct dvb_frontend *drxd_attach(const struct drxd_config *config,
 {
 	struct drxd_state *state = NULL;
 
-	state = kmalloc(sizeof(struct drxd_state), GFP_KERNEL);
+	state = kzalloc(sizeof(*state), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!state)
 		return NULL;
-	memset(state, 0, sizeof(*state));
 
 	state->ops = drxd_ops;
 	state->dev = dev;