diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 02fddd72badd..4ed8c3ff76b3 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1c80db5c9b6649bc499fc799771b0b3edd2d8a97
+refs/heads/master: 7c7e18790c8236ec2bb7581f5337ecff7e31916e
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c
index 00390362f10f..b8ac872e070c 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c
@@ -2832,9 +2832,8 @@ static u32 slic_card_locate(struct adapter *adapter)
 	}
 	if (!physcard) {
 		/* no structure allocated for this physical card yet */
-		physcard = kmalloc(sizeof(struct physcard *), GFP_ATOMIC);
+		physcard = kzalloc(sizeof(struct physcard *), GFP_ATOMIC);
 		ASSERT(physcard);
-		memset(physcard, 0, sizeof(struct physcard *));
 
 		DBG_MSG
 		    ("\n%s Allocate a PHYSICALcard:\n    PHYSICAL_Card[%p]\n\