diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 90643e1a26e7..bbe902fbe55c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: fe5295374ec9ac56ba3b619c5c1792b3fd66d859
+refs/heads/master: 0127f6855e643c6b8fd5fbe3b5fa23c9d26cd237
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/trunk/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
index 09d193dbb233..eecb1f9e2e6b 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ static struct port_buffer *alloc_buf(size_t buf_size)
 	buf = kmalloc(sizeof(*buf), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf)
 		goto fail;
-	buf->buf = kzalloc(buf_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	buf->buf = kmalloc(buf_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf->buf)
 		goto free_buf;
 	buf->len = 0;