diff --git a/drivers/char/vt.c b/drivers/char/vt.c
index 6650ae1c088f..5db295d7a879 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt.c
@@ -729,10 +729,9 @@ int vc_allocate(unsigned int currcons)	/* return 0 on success */
 	    /* although the numbers above are not valid since long ago, the
 	       point is still up-to-date and the comment still has its value
 	       even if only as a historical artifact.  --mj, July 1998 */
-	    vc = kmalloc(sizeof(struct vc_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+	    vc = kzalloc(sizeof(struct vc_data), GFP_KERNEL);
 	    if (!vc)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	    memset(vc, 0, sizeof(*vc));
 	    vc_cons[currcons].d = vc;
 	    INIT_WORK(&vc_cons[currcons].SAK_work, vc_SAK);
 	    visual_init(vc, currcons, 1);