diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
index 057ccf1d5ad4..977ed5cdeaa3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
@@ -697,10 +697,6 @@ static int __init acpi_parse_hpet(struct acpi_table_header *table)
 #define HPET_RESOURCE_NAME_SIZE 9
 	hpet_res = alloc_bootmem(sizeof(*hpet_res) + HPET_RESOURCE_NAME_SIZE);
 
-	if (!hpet_res)
-		return 0;
-
-	memset(hpet_res, 0, sizeof(*hpet_res));
 	hpet_res->name = (void *)&hpet_res[1];
 	hpet_res->flags = IORESOURCE_MEM;
 	snprintf((char *)hpet_res->name, HPET_RESOURCE_NAME_SIZE, "HPET %u",