diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
index 8100e77..d97d73c 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ static int virtballoon_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	vdev->priv = vb = kmalloc(sizeof(*vb), GFP_KERNEL);
+	vdev->priv = vb = kzalloc(sizeof(*vb), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!vb) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
@@ -570,8 +570,6 @@ static int virtballoon_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	INIT_WORK(&vb->update_balloon_stats_work, update_balloon_stats_func);
 	INIT_WORK(&vb->update_balloon_size_work, update_balloon_size_func);
 	spin_lock_init(&vb->stop_update_lock);
-	vb->stop_update = false;
-	vb->num_pages = 0;
 	mutex_init(&vb->balloon_lock);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&vb->acked);
 	vb->vdev = vdev;
@@ -602,7 +600,6 @@ static int virtballoon_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 		err = PTR_ERR(vb->vb_dev_info.inode);
 		kern_unmount(balloon_mnt);
 		unregister_oom_notifier(&vb->nb);
-		vb->vb_dev_info.inode = NULL;
 		goto out_del_vqs;
 	}
 	vb->vb_dev_info.inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &balloon_aops;