diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_connlimit.c b/net/netfilter/xt_connlimit.c
index 1f4b9f9da496f24cf840ea96226d26b6179757a5..ade2a806a48ecf688254169f7fbd09def9948e99 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_connlimit.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_connlimit.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static int count_them(struct net *net,
 
 	if (addit) {
 		/* save the new connection in our list */
-		conn = kzalloc(sizeof(*conn), GFP_ATOMIC);
+		conn = kmalloc(sizeof(*conn), GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (conn == NULL)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		conn->tuple = *tuple;