diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index 8b9d85526596a38380dbf65ce0a3f6dcc82527d7..74d2ab0d901ea8b3057ca8066a3a819e32c228a5 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -3455,7 +3455,7 @@ static int ide_cd_probe(struct device *dev)
 		printk(KERN_INFO "ide-cd: passing drive %s to ide-scsi emulation.\n", drive->name);
 		goto failed;
 	}
-	info = kmalloc(sizeof(struct cdrom_info), GFP_KERNEL);
+	info = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cdrom_info), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (info == NULL) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Can't allocate a cdrom structure\n", drive->name);
 		goto failed;
@@ -3469,8 +3469,6 @@ static int ide_cd_probe(struct device *dev)
 
 	ide_register_subdriver(drive, &ide_cdrom_driver);
 
-	memset(info, 0, sizeof (struct cdrom_info));
-
 	kref_init(&info->kref);
 
 	info->drive = drive;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
index 234f5de3e929b6c0d10ee46a994e200f16f62646..e827b39e4b3c7f0c02d1a964a6a9a3a5b0a7cb29 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ static int ide_disk_probe(struct device *dev)
 	if (drive->media != ide_disk)
 		goto failed;
 
-	idkp = kmalloc(sizeof(*idkp), GFP_KERNEL);
+	idkp = kzalloc(sizeof(*idkp), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!idkp)
 		goto failed;
 
@@ -1228,8 +1228,6 @@ static int ide_disk_probe(struct device *dev)
 
 	ide_register_subdriver(drive, &idedisk_driver);
 
-	memset(idkp, 0, sizeof(*idkp));
-
 	kref_init(&idkp->kref);
 
 	idkp->drive = drive;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
index 29c22fc278c6510b75209ea6fea80649fe23fe77..e83f54d37f9668625d95649f766d4fe74e2741e7 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
@@ -2146,7 +2146,7 @@ static int ide_floppy_probe(struct device *dev)
 		printk("ide-floppy: passing drive %s to ide-scsi emulation.\n", drive->name);
 		goto failed;
 	}
-	if ((floppy = (idefloppy_floppy_t *) kmalloc (sizeof (idefloppy_floppy_t), GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL) {
+	if ((floppy = (idefloppy_floppy_t *) kzalloc (sizeof (idefloppy_floppy_t), GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL) {
 		printk (KERN_ERR "ide-floppy: %s: Can't allocate a floppy structure\n", drive->name);
 		goto failed;
 	}
@@ -2159,8 +2159,6 @@ static int ide_floppy_probe(struct device *dev)
 
 	ide_register_subdriver(drive, &idefloppy_driver);
 
-	memset(floppy, 0, sizeof(*floppy));
-
 	kref_init(&floppy->kref);
 
 	floppy->drive = drive;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
index c1128ae5cd2f98319ee889b74fefd7e69916edd4..e6695e5df5bda3a5e4b0a14a2b1b5eff802c4bc6 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
@@ -596,14 +596,13 @@ static inline u8 probe_for_drive (ide_drive_t *drive)
 	 *	Also note that 0 everywhere means "can't do X"
 	 */
  
-	drive->id = kmalloc(SECTOR_WORDS *4, GFP_KERNEL);
+	drive->id = kzalloc(SECTOR_WORDS *4, GFP_KERNEL);
 	drive->id_read = 0;
 	if(drive->id == NULL)
 	{
 		printk(KERN_ERR "ide: out of memory for id data.\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
-	memset(drive->id, 0, SECTOR_WORDS * 4);
 	strcpy(drive->id->model, "UNKNOWN");
 	
 	/* skip probing? */
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index 47f2b832555fd27fefd6650c728cf81de980c363..0ac7eb8f40d537ae04c2db1b23a2d819df835e69 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -4850,7 +4850,7 @@ static int ide_tape_probe(struct device *dev)
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "ide-tape: Use drive %s with ide-scsi emulation and osst.\n", drive->name);
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "ide-tape: OnStream support will be removed soon from ide-tape!\n");
 	}
-	tape = (idetape_tape_t *) kmalloc (sizeof (idetape_tape_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+	tape = (idetape_tape_t *) kzalloc (sizeof (idetape_tape_t), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (tape == NULL) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "ide-tape: %s: Can't allocate a tape structure\n", drive->name);
 		goto failed;
@@ -4864,8 +4864,6 @@ static int ide_tape_probe(struct device *dev)
 
 	ide_register_subdriver(drive, &idetape_driver);
 
-	memset(tape, 0, sizeof(*tape));
-
 	kref_init(&tape->kref);
 
 	tape->drive = drive;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
index ace8edad6e9620ac685dc0e038a89c6e1d0ef546..9c3b4f6156214b0127039cea75bbd0b4b9205da7 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
@@ -528,9 +528,8 @@ int ide_taskfile_ioctl (ide_drive_t *drive, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 
 //	printk("IDE Taskfile ...\n");
 
-	req_task = kmalloc(tasksize, GFP_KERNEL);
+	req_task = kzalloc(tasksize, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (req_task == NULL) return -ENOMEM;
-	memset(req_task, 0, tasksize);
 	if (copy_from_user(req_task, buf, tasksize)) {
 		kfree(req_task);
 		return -EFAULT;
@@ -541,12 +540,11 @@ int ide_taskfile_ioctl (ide_drive_t *drive, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 
 	if (taskout) {
 		int outtotal = tasksize;
-		outbuf = kmalloc(taskout, GFP_KERNEL);
+		outbuf = kzalloc(taskout, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (outbuf == NULL) {
 			err = -ENOMEM;
 			goto abort;
 		}
-		memset(outbuf, 0, taskout);
 		if (copy_from_user(outbuf, buf + outtotal, taskout)) {
 			err = -EFAULT;
 			goto abort;
@@ -555,12 +553,11 @@ int ide_taskfile_ioctl (ide_drive_t *drive, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 
 	if (taskin) {
 		int intotal = tasksize + taskout;
-		inbuf = kmalloc(taskin, GFP_KERNEL);
+		inbuf = kzalloc(taskin, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (inbuf == NULL) {
 			err = -ENOMEM;
 			goto abort;
 		}
-		memset(inbuf, 0, taskin);
 		if (copy_from_user(inbuf, buf + intotal, taskin)) {
 			err = -EFAULT;
 			goto abort;
@@ -709,10 +706,9 @@ int ide_cmd_ioctl (ide_drive_t *drive, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 
 	if (args[3]) {
 		argsize = 4 + (SECTOR_WORDS * 4 * args[3]);
-		argbuf = kmalloc(argsize, GFP_KERNEL);
+		argbuf = kzalloc(argsize, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (argbuf == NULL)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		memcpy(argbuf, args, 4);
 	}
 	if (set_transfer(drive, &tfargs)) {
 		xfer_rate = args[1];
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide.c b/drivers/ide/ide.c
index 73ca8f73917d9172bba616311437ccb3de9966e9..1bbf67882ae5f6e5c88cfd0ff89c5582386990ae 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide.c
@@ -864,9 +864,8 @@ static int __ide_add_setting(ide_drive_t *drive, const char *name, int rw, int r
 	down(&ide_setting_sem);
 	while ((*p) && strcmp((*p)->name, name) < 0)
 		p = &((*p)->next);
-	if ((setting = kmalloc(sizeof(*setting), GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL)
+	if ((setting = kzalloc(sizeof(*setting), GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL)
 		goto abort;
-	memset(setting, 0, sizeof(*setting));
 	if ((setting->name = kmalloc(strlen(name) + 1, GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL)
 		goto abort;
 	strcpy(setting->name, name);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/legacy/ide-cs.c b/drivers/ide/legacy/ide-cs.c
index a35a58bef1a4eb4d1752bc2929eb528956206035..1dafffa7e51333ac262495882907d78f39212cf6 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/legacy/ide-cs.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/legacy/ide-cs.c
@@ -116,9 +116,8 @@ static dev_link_t *ide_attach(void)
     DEBUG(0, "ide_attach()\n");
 
     /* Create new ide device */
-    info = kmalloc(sizeof(*info), GFP_KERNEL);
+    info = kzalloc(sizeof(*info), GFP_KERNEL);
     if (!info) return NULL;
-    memset(info, 0, sizeof(*info));
     link = &info->link; link->priv = info;
 
     link->io.Attributes1 = IO_DATA_PATH_WIDTH_AUTO;
@@ -221,9 +220,8 @@ static void ide_config(dev_link_t *link)
 
     DEBUG(0, "ide_config(0x%p)\n", link);
 
-    stk = kmalloc(sizeof(*stk), GFP_KERNEL);
+    stk = kzalloc(sizeof(*stk), GFP_KERNEL);
     if (!stk) goto err_mem;
-    memset(stk, 0, sizeof(*stk));
     cfg = &stk->parse.cftable_entry;
 
     tuple.TupleData = (cisdata_t *)&stk->buf;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/pci/hpt366.c b/drivers/ide/pci/hpt366.c
index 127619a109eda2ef119c9deeecd44793ae53a834..7b589d948bf98bce6405196a55444787d4eff920 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/pci/hpt366.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/pci/hpt366.c
@@ -1516,7 +1516,7 @@ static void __devinit init_dma_hpt366(ide_hwif_t *hwif, unsigned long dmabase)
 
 static void __devinit init_iops_hpt366(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 {
-	struct hpt_info *info = kmalloc(sizeof(struct hpt_info), GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct hpt_info *info = kzalloc(sizeof(struct hpt_info), GFP_KERNEL);
 	unsigned long dmabase = pci_resource_start(hwif->pci_dev, 4);
 	u8 did, rid;
 
@@ -1524,7 +1524,6 @@ static void __devinit init_iops_hpt366(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "hpt366: out of memory.\n");
 		return;
 	}
-	memset(info, 0, sizeof(struct hpt_info));
 	ide_set_hwifdata(hwif, info);
 
 	if(dmabase) {
diff --git a/drivers/ide/pci/it821x.c b/drivers/ide/pci/it821x.c
index e440036e651fb63999d980db8ad82579f031d734..108fda83fea476bc2ab4d13e96ac3c09e847cd22 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/pci/it821x.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/pci/it821x.c
@@ -642,14 +642,13 @@ static void __devinit it821x_fixups(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 
 static void __devinit init_hwif_it821x(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 {
-	struct it821x_dev *idev = kmalloc(sizeof(struct it821x_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct it821x_dev *idev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct it821x_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
 	u8 conf;
 
 	if(idev == NULL) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "it821x: out of memory, falling back to legacy behaviour.\n");
 		goto fallback;
 	}
-	memset(idev, 0, sizeof(struct it821x_dev));
 	ide_set_hwifdata(hwif, idev);
 
 	pci_read_config_byte(hwif->pci_dev, 0x50, &conf);