diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/dscc4.c b/drivers/net/wan/dscc4.c
index dca0244..50d2f91 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/dscc4.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/dscc4.c
@@ -890,12 +890,11 @@
 	struct dscc4_dev_priv *root;
 	int i, ret = -ENOMEM;
 
-	root = kmalloc(dev_per_card*sizeof(*root), GFP_KERNEL);
+	root = kcalloc(dev_per_card, sizeof(*root), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!root) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: can't allocate data\n", DRV_NAME);
 		goto err_out;
 	}
-	memset(root, 0, dev_per_card*sizeof(*root));
 
 	for (i = 0; i < dev_per_card; i++) {
 		root[i].dev = alloc_hdlcdev(root + i);
@@ -903,12 +902,11 @@
 			goto err_free_dev;
 	}
 
-	ppriv = kmalloc(sizeof(*ppriv), GFP_KERNEL);
+	ppriv = kzalloc(sizeof(*ppriv), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ppriv) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: can't allocate private data\n", DRV_NAME);
 		goto err_free_dev;
 	}
-	memset(ppriv, 0, sizeof(struct dscc4_pci_priv));
 
 	ppriv->root = root;
 	spin_lock_init(&ppriv->lock);