diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
index 088f130..15c08d5 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
@@ -276,12 +276,10 @@
 
 	dprintk("acpi_cpufreq_cpu_init\n");
 
-	data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct cpufreq_acpi_io), GFP_KERNEL);
+	data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cpufreq_acpi_io), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!data)
 		return (-ENOMEM);
 
-	memset(data, 0, sizeof(struct cpufreq_acpi_io));
-
 	acpi_io_data[cpu] = data;
 
 	result = acpi_processor_register_performance(&data->acpi_data, cpu);