diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
index 9d532d7..e7aace2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
@@ -243,11 +243,10 @@
 
 	DRM_DEBUG("pid = %d, minor = %d\n", task_pid_nr(current), minor_id);
 
-	priv = kmalloc(sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
+	priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!priv)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	memset(priv, 0, sizeof(*priv));
 	filp->private_data = priv;
 	priv->filp = filp;
 	priv->uid = current_euid();