diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1e7d7f9cf656..c0226c2ca27f 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5858ae44e289ac6c809af3fe81b9a6ed41914d41
+refs/heads/master: eaa33a9ac04cf5760cf4e661241db19f4151cf06
diff --git a/trunk/fs/cifs/readdir.c b/trunk/fs/cifs/readdir.c
index 3fab8ed697d1..b80b0fc1c4c4 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/cifs/readdir.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/cifs/readdir.c
@@ -432,14 +432,11 @@ static int initiate_cifs_search(const int xid, struct file *file)
 
 	if(file->private_data == NULL) {
 		file->private_data = 
-			kmalloc(sizeof(struct cifsFileInfo),GFP_KERNEL);
+			kzalloc(sizeof(struct cifsFileInfo),GFP_KERNEL);
 	}
 
-	if(file->private_data == NULL) {
+	if(file->private_data == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	} else {
-		memset(file->private_data,0,sizeof(struct cifsFileInfo));
-	}
 	cifsFile = file->private_data;
 	cifsFile->invalidHandle = TRUE;
 	cifsFile->srch_inf.endOfSearch = FALSE;