diff --git a/fs/affs/super.c b/fs/affs/super.c
index 1735201..b35f514 100644
--- a/fs/affs/super.c
+++ b/fs/affs/super.c
@@ -280,11 +280,10 @@
 	sb->s_op                = &affs_sops;
 	sb->s_flags |= MS_NODIRATIME;
 
-	sbi = kmalloc(sizeof(struct affs_sb_info), GFP_KERNEL);
+	sbi = kzalloc(sizeof(struct affs_sb_info), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sbi)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	sb->s_fs_info = sbi;
-	memset(sbi, 0, sizeof(*sbi));
 	init_MUTEX(&sbi->s_bmlock);
 
 	if (!parse_options(data,&uid,&gid,&i,&reserved,&root_block,