diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/bcm2835-audio/bcm2835-vchiq.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/bcm2835-audio/bcm2835-vchiq.c
index d8a8e91d824ec7aeb98e1cd72cc57896185ffe35..66a35eefa6f93742f9ebf9158f9ede1219067f8b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/bcm2835-audio/bcm2835-vchiq.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/bcm2835-audio/bcm2835-vchiq.c
@@ -290,11 +290,10 @@ vc_vchi_audio_init(VCHI_INSTANCE_T vchi_instance,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	/* Allocate memory for this instance */
-	instance = kmalloc(sizeof(*instance), GFP_KERNEL);
+	instance = kzalloc(sizeof(*instance), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!instance)
 		return NULL;
 
-	memset(instance, 0, sizeof(*instance));
 	instance->num_connections = num_connections;
 
 	/* Create a lock for exclusive, serialized VCHI connection access */