diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c
index df914f521c9d1a8073e08f7ac517a7bf561874e0..07ddc1ef1aff1a8ee186a7ee562c910fd26d495a 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c
@@ -2046,13 +2046,12 @@ int hci_pa_create_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev, bdaddr_t *dst, __u8 dst_type,
 	if (hci_dev_test_and_set_flag(hdev, HCI_PA_SYNC))
 		return -EBUSY;
 
-	cp = kmalloc(sizeof(*cp), GFP_KERNEL);
+	cp = kzalloc(sizeof(*cp), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cp) {
 		hci_dev_clear_flag(hdev, HCI_PA_SYNC);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	memset(cp, 0, sizeof(*cp));
 	cp->sid = sid;
 	cp->addr_type = dst_type;
 	bacpy(&cp->addr, dst);