diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/adm1021.c b/drivers/hwmon/adm1021.c
index 58aee3a..8102876 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/adm1021.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/adm1021.c
@@ -204,11 +204,10 @@
 	   client structure, even though we cannot fill it completely yet.
 	   But it allows us to access adm1021_{read,write}_value. */
 
-	if (!(data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct adm1021_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
+	if (!(data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct adm1021_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto error0;
 	}
-	memset(data, 0, sizeof(struct adm1021_data));
 
 	new_client = &data->client;
 	i2c_set_clientdata(new_client, data);