diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index 9e8f631..0d80cef 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -605,7 +605,8 @@
 	unsigned int len;
 
 	/* make sure name is valid */
-	if (!name || !strlen(name)) goto out;
+	if (!name || !strlen(name))
+		goto out;
 
 	if (xlate_proc_name(name, parent, &fn) != 0)
 		goto out;
@@ -616,20 +617,18 @@
 
 	len = strlen(fn);
 
-	ent = kmalloc(sizeof(struct proc_dir_entry) + len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ent) goto out;
+	ent = kzalloc(sizeof(struct proc_dir_entry) + len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ent)
+		goto out;
 
-	memset(ent, 0, sizeof(struct proc_dir_entry));
 	memcpy(ent->name, fn, len + 1);
 	ent->namelen = len;
 	ent->mode = mode;
 	ent->nlink = nlink;
 	atomic_set(&ent->count, 1);
-	ent->pde_users = 0;
 	spin_lock_init(&ent->pde_unload_lock);
-	ent->pde_unload_completion = NULL;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ent->pde_openers);
- out:
+out:
 	return ent;
 }