diff --git a/net/tipc/subscr.c b/net/tipc/subscr.c
index 7a918f1..ddade73 100644
--- a/net/tipc/subscr.c
+++ b/net/tipc/subscr.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@
 
 	/* Allocate subscription object */
 
-	sub = kmalloc(sizeof(*sub), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	sub = kzalloc(sizeof(*sub), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!sub) {
 		warn("Subscription rejected, no memory\n");
 		subscr_terminate(subscriber);
@@ -359,7 +359,6 @@
 
 	/* Initialize subscription object */
 
-	memset(sub, 0, sizeof(*sub));
 	sub->seq.type = htohl(s->seq.type, subscriber->swap);
 	sub->seq.lower = htohl(s->seq.lower, subscriber->swap);
 	sub->seq.upper = htohl(s->seq.upper, subscriber->swap);