diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index 41d9d0725f0f3a47d432aa754803a4596c0381ac..83ef66ed4c841baf8b3f856935cb61dee926d128 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -846,12 +846,10 @@ create_lease_buf(u8 *lease_key, u8 oplock)
 {
 	struct create_lease *buf;
 
-	buf = kmalloc(sizeof(struct create_lease), GFP_KERNEL);
+	buf = kzalloc(sizeof(struct create_lease), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf)
 		return NULL;
 
-	memset(buf, 0, sizeof(struct create_lease));
-
 	buf->lcontext.LeaseKeyLow = cpu_to_le64(*((u64 *)lease_key));
 	buf->lcontext.LeaseKeyHigh = cpu_to_le64(*((u64 *)(lease_key + 8)));
 	if (oplock == SMB2_OPLOCK_LEVEL_EXCLUSIVE)