diff --git a/drivers/mxc/amd-gpu/gsl_hal.c b/drivers/mxc/amd-gpu/gsl_hal.c
index 85e91c27a80..0cb5b3651af 100644
--- a/drivers/mxc/amd-gpu/gsl_hal.c
+++ b/drivers/mxc/amd-gpu/gsl_hal.c
@@ -102,15 +102,12 @@ kgsl_hal_init(void)
 	return GSL_FAILURE_ALREADYINITIALIZED;
     }
 
-    gsl_driver.hal = (void *)kmalloc(sizeof(gsl_hal_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+    gsl_driver.hal = (void *)kzalloc(sizeof(gsl_hal_t), GFP_KERNEL);
 
     if (!gsl_driver.hal) {
 	return GSL_FAILURE_OUTOFMEM;
     }
 
-    memset(gsl_driver.hal, 0, sizeof(gsl_hal_t));
-
-
     /* overlay structure on hal memory */
     hal = (gsl_hal_t *) gsl_driver.hal;