diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/sddr09.c b/drivers/usb/storage/sddr09.c
index 732027f3320020ba88d6f3bc1a9c65accf717c39..073a2c32ccc4eab336dd064e3bfb51406519698f 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/sddr09.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/sddr09.c
@@ -219,11 +219,7 @@ static void nand_init_ecc(void) {
 /* compute 3-byte ecc on 256 bytes */
 static void nand_compute_ecc(unsigned char *data, unsigned char *ecc) {
 	int i, j, a;
-	unsigned char par, bit, bits[8];
-
-	par = 0;
-	for (j = 0; j < 8; j++)
-		bits[j] = 0;
+	unsigned char par = 0, bit, bits[8] = {0};
 
 	/* collect 16 checksum bits */
 	for (i = 0; i < 256; i++) {