diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dma.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dma.c
index 6ba4191d6570..da90103a313d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dma.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dma.c
@@ -1435,12 +1435,11 @@ static int __init edma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			goto fail1;
 		}
 
-		edma_cc[j] = kmalloc(sizeof(struct edma), GFP_KERNEL);
+		edma_cc[j] = kzalloc(sizeof(struct edma), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!edma_cc[j]) {
 			status = -ENOMEM;
 			goto fail1;
 		}
-		memset(edma_cc[j], 0, sizeof(struct edma));
 
 		edma_cc[j]->num_channels = min_t(unsigned, info[j]->n_channel,
 							EDMA_MAX_DMACH);