diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 6beee6f..4c29ac4 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -54,11 +54,10 @@
 
 	if (!sd_iattr) {
 		/* setting attributes for the first time, allocate now */
-		sd_iattr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct iattr), GFP_KERNEL);
+		sd_iattr = kzalloc(sizeof(struct iattr), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!sd_iattr)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		/* assign default attributes */
-		memset(sd_iattr, 0, sizeof(struct iattr));
 		sd_iattr->ia_mode = sd->s_mode;
 		sd_iattr->ia_uid = 0;
 		sd_iattr->ia_gid = 0;