diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index 8b9d855..74d2ab0 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -3455,7 +3455,7 @@
 		printk(KERN_INFO "ide-cd: passing drive %s to ide-scsi emulation.\n", drive->name);
 		goto failed;
 	}
-	info = kmalloc(sizeof(struct cdrom_info), GFP_KERNEL);
+	info = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cdrom_info), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (info == NULL) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Can't allocate a cdrom structure\n", drive->name);
 		goto failed;
@@ -3469,8 +3469,6 @@
 
 	ide_register_subdriver(drive, &ide_cdrom_driver);
 
-	memset(info, 0, sizeof (struct cdrom_info));
-
 	kref_init(&info->kref);
 
 	info->drive = drive;