diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/idmouse.c b/drivers/usb/misc/idmouse.c
index d8cde10..b3aca51 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/idmouse.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/idmouse.c
@@ -340,10 +340,9 @@
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	/* allocate memory for our device state and initialize it */
-	dev = kmalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
+	dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (dev == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	memset(dev, 0x00, sizeof(*dev));
 
 	init_MUTEX(&dev->sem);
 	dev->udev = udev;