diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c
index d52639bc491f7..960169efe636a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c
@@ -1859,14 +1859,11 @@ static void mv643xx_eth_program_multicast_filter(struct net_device *dev)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	mc_spec = kmalloc(0x200, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	mc_spec = kzalloc(0x200, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (mc_spec == NULL)
 		goto oom;
 	mc_other = mc_spec + (0x100 >> 2);
 
-	memset(mc_spec, 0, 0x100);
-	memset(mc_other, 0, 0x100);
-
 	netdev_for_each_mc_addr(ha, dev) {
 		u8 *a = ha->addr;
 		u32 *table;