alloc_etherdev function internally calls kvzalloc . So we may not need explicit memset after this call. Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Kelam <hariprasad.kelam@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c index ba78c08..c4efec2 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c +++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_netdev.c @@ -1010,7 +1010,6 @@ int wilc_netdev_init(struct wilc **wilc, struct device *dev, int io_type, } vif = netdev_priv(ndev); - memset(vif, 0, sizeof(struct wilc_vif)); if (i == 0) { strcpy(ndev->name, "wlan%d"); -- 2.7.4