diff --git a/drivers/video/fbsysfs.c b/drivers/video/fbsysfs.c
index 3514703..6d26057 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbsysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbsysfs.c
@@ -43,10 +43,11 @@
 	if (size)
 		fb_info_size += PADDING;
 
-	p = kmalloc(fb_info_size + size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	p = kzalloc(fb_info_size + size, GFP_KERNEL);
+
 	if (!p)
 		return NULL;
-	memset(p, 0, fb_info_size + size);
+
 	info = (struct fb_info *) p;
 
 	if (size)