diff --git a/drivers/net/e100.c b/drivers/net/e100.c
index 03bf164..c2ae2a2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e100.c
@@ -1930,9 +1930,8 @@
 	nic->rx_to_use = nic->rx_to_clean = NULL;
 	nic->ru_running = RU_UNINITIALIZED;
 
-	if(!(nic->rxs = kmalloc(sizeof(struct rx) * count, GFP_ATOMIC)))
+	if(!(nic->rxs = kcalloc(count, sizeof(struct rx), GFP_ATOMIC)))
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	memset(nic->rxs, 0, sizeof(struct rx) * count);
 
 	for(rx = nic->rxs, i = 0; i < count; rx++, i++) {
 		rx->next = (i + 1 < count) ? rx + 1 : nic->rxs;