diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c b/drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c
index b02c4ff..0a9a774 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c
@@ -1642,13 +1642,12 @@
 	const struct ata_port_info *ppi[] = { &pi, NULL };
 
 	/* Allocate DWC SATA device */
-	hsdev = kmalloc(sizeof(*hsdev), GFP_KERNEL);
+	hsdev = kzalloc(sizeof(*hsdev), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (hsdev == NULL) {
 		dev_err(&ofdev->dev, "kmalloc failed for hsdev\n");
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto error;
 	}
-	memset(hsdev, 0, sizeof(*hsdev));
 
 	/* Ioremap SATA registers */
 	base = of_iomap(ofdev->dev.of_node, 0);