diff --git a/fs/afs/super.c b/fs/afs/super.c
index 9a351c4..18d9b77 100644
--- a/fs/afs/super.c
+++ b/fs/afs/super.c
@@ -242,14 +242,12 @@
 	kenter("");
 
 	/* allocate a superblock info record */
-	as = kmalloc(sizeof(struct afs_super_info), GFP_KERNEL);
+	as = kzalloc(sizeof(struct afs_super_info), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!as) {
 		_leave(" = -ENOMEM");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	memset(as, 0, sizeof(struct afs_super_info));
-
 	afs_get_volume(params->volume);
 	as->volume = params->volume;