diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index ec5186f..9fc5048 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -1827,12 +1827,12 @@
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
-	mddev->private = kmalloc (sizeof (raid5_conf_t)
-				  + mddev->raid_disks * sizeof(struct disk_info),
-				  GFP_KERNEL);
+	mddev->private = kzalloc(sizeof (raid5_conf_t)
+				 + mddev->raid_disks * sizeof(struct disk_info),
+				 GFP_KERNEL);
 	if ((conf = mddev->private) == NULL)
 		goto abort;
-	memset (conf, 0, sizeof (*conf) + mddev->raid_disks * sizeof(struct disk_info) );
+
 	conf->mddev = mddev;
 
 	if ((conf->stripe_hashtbl = (struct stripe_head **) __get_free_pages(GFP_ATOMIC, HASH_PAGES_ORDER)) == NULL)