Use kzalloc() instead of kmalloc() and memset(). --- a/drivers/pci/pm.c 2005-11-08 17:10:37.000000000 -0500 +++ b/drivers/pci/pm.c 2005-11-08 17:11:33.000000000 -0500 @@ -300,12 +300,10 @@ return -EIO; } - dev->pm = pm_data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct pci_dev_pm), GFP_KERNEL); + dev->pm = pm_data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct pci_dev_pm), GFP_KERNEL); if (!pm_data) return -ENOMEM; - memset(pm_data, 0, sizeof(struct pci_dev_pm)); - pm_data->pm_offset = pm; /* determine supported device states */