diff --git a/fs/afs/server.c b/fs/afs/server.c
index 22afaae..44aff81 100644
--- a/fs/afs/server.c
+++ b/fs/afs/server.c
@@ -55,13 +55,12 @@
 	_enter("%p,%08x,", cell, ntohl(addr->s_addr));
 
 	/* allocate and initialise a server record */
-	server = kmalloc(sizeof(struct afs_server), GFP_KERNEL);
+	server = kzalloc(sizeof(struct afs_server), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!server) {
 		_leave(" = -ENOMEM");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	memset(server, 0, sizeof(struct afs_server));
 	atomic_set(&server->usage, 1);
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&server->link);