diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c
index e7b3af3ef468..3f922169d6e9 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c
@@ -6373,13 +6373,12 @@ s32 host_int_init(tstrWILC_WFIDrv **phWFIDrv)
 
 
 	/*Allocate host interface private structure*/
-	pstrWFIDrv  = kmalloc(sizeof(tstrWILC_WFIDrv), GFP_KERNEL);
+	pstrWFIDrv  = kzalloc(sizeof(tstrWILC_WFIDrv), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (pstrWFIDrv == NULL) {
 		s32Error = -ENOMEM;
 		PRINT_ER("Failed to allocate memory\n");
 		goto _fail_timer_2;
 	}
-	memset(pstrWFIDrv, 0, sizeof(tstrWILC_WFIDrv));
 	*phWFIDrv = pstrWFIDrv;
 	err = add_handler_in_list(pstrWFIDrv);
 	if (err) {