diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/patch_cmedia.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_cmedia.c
index 07fb4f5..523c362 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/patch_cmedia.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/patch_cmedia.c
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@
 {
 	struct cmi_spec *spec;
 
-	spec = kcalloc(1, sizeof(*spec), GFP_KERNEL);
+	spec = kzalloc(sizeof(*spec), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (spec == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;