diff --git a/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c b/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
index fdc25591..3323dff 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
@@ -1861,12 +1861,11 @@
 	}
 
 	/* allocate memory for our device state and initialize it */
-	dev = kmalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
+	dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (dev == NULL) {
 		em28xx_err(DRIVER_NAME ": out of memory!\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-	memset(dev, 0, sizeof(*dev));
 
 	/* compute alternate max packet sizes */
 	uif = udev->actconfig->interface[0];