diff --git a/net/sched/act_api.c b/net/sched/act_api.c
index 9affeee..a2587b5 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_api.c
@@ -312,10 +312,9 @@
 	}
 
 	*err = -ENOMEM;
-	a = kmalloc(sizeof(*a), GFP_KERNEL);
+	a = kzalloc(sizeof(*a), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (a == NULL)
 		goto err_mod;
-	memset(a, 0, sizeof(*a));
 
 	/* backward compatibility for policer */
 	if (name == NULL)
@@ -492,10 +491,9 @@
 	index = *(int *)RTA_DATA(tb[TCA_ACT_INDEX - 1]);
 
 	*err = -ENOMEM;
-	a = kmalloc(sizeof(struct tc_action), GFP_KERNEL);
+	a = kzalloc(sizeof(struct tc_action), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (a == NULL)
 		return NULL;
-	memset(a, 0, sizeof(struct tc_action));
 
 	*err = -EINVAL;
 	a->ops = tc_lookup_action(tb[TCA_ACT_KIND - 1]);
@@ -531,12 +529,11 @@
 {
 	struct tc_action *act;
 
-	act = kmalloc(sizeof(*act), GFP_KERNEL);
+	act = kzalloc(sizeof(*act), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (act == NULL) {
 		printk("create_a: failed to alloc!\n");
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	memset(act, 0, sizeof(*act));
 	act->order = i;
 	return act;
 }