diff --git a/drivers/ide/arm/icside.c b/drivers/ide/arm/icside.c
index c89b5f4..8a9b98f 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/arm/icside.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/arm/icside.c
@@ -693,13 +693,12 @@
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
-	state = kmalloc(sizeof(struct icside_state), GFP_KERNEL);
+	state = kzalloc(sizeof(struct icside_state), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!state) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto release;
 	}
 
-	memset(state, 0, sizeof(state));
 	state->type	= ICS_TYPE_NOTYPE;
 	state->dev	= &ec->dev;