diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide.c b/drivers/ide/ide.c
index 73ca8f7..1bbf678 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide.c
@@ -864,9 +864,8 @@
 	down(&ide_setting_sem);
 	while ((*p) && strcmp((*p)->name, name) < 0)
 		p = &((*p)->next);
-	if ((setting = kmalloc(sizeof(*setting), GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL)
+	if ((setting = kzalloc(sizeof(*setting), GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL)
 		goto abort;
-	memset(setting, 0, sizeof(*setting));
 	if ((setting->name = kmalloc(strlen(name) + 1, GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL)
 		goto abort;
 	strcpy(setting->name, name);