diff --git a/fs/nfs/idmap.c b/fs/nfs/idmap.c
index 32c95a0..b89d27f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/idmap.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/idmap.c
@@ -101,11 +101,9 @@
 
 	if (clp->cl_idmap != NULL)
 		return;
-        if ((idmap = kmalloc(sizeof(*idmap), GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL)
+        if ((idmap = kzalloc(sizeof(*idmap), GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL)
                 return;
 
-	memset(idmap, 0, sizeof(*idmap));
-
 	snprintf(idmap->idmap_path, sizeof(idmap->idmap_path),
 	    "%s/idmap", clp->cl_rpcclient->cl_pathname);