diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 54e7698d585f..482de2092615 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b593e48d2bf09c40c0f5165f2f2a10cc3983ea51
+refs/heads/master: a0172a6dd906cf813cd56aeb133a85abf9a36c8e
diff --git a/trunk/arch/arm26/kernel/ecard.c b/trunk/arch/arm26/kernel/ecard.c
index 047d0a408b9d..43dd41be71fb 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/arm26/kernel/ecard.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/arm26/kernel/ecard.c
@@ -620,12 +620,10 @@ ecard_probe(int slot, card_type_t type)
 	struct ex_ecid cid;
 	int i, rc = -ENOMEM;
 
-	ec = kmalloc(sizeof(ecard_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+	ec = kzalloc(sizeof(ecard_t), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ec)
 		goto nomem;
 
-	memset(ec, 0, sizeof(ecard_t));
-
 	ec->slot_no	= slot;
 	ec->type        = type;
 	ec->irq		= NO_IRQ;