{
        ReadCapdata_struct *buf;
        int return_code;
-       buf = kmalloc(sizeof(ReadCapdata_struct), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (buf == NULL) {
+
+       buf = kzalloc(sizeof(ReadCapdata_struct), GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!buf) {
                printk(KERN_WARNING "cciss: out of memory\n");
                return;
        }
-       memset(buf, 0, sizeof(ReadCapdata_struct));
+
        if (withirq)
                return_code = sendcmd_withirq(CCISS_READ_CAPACITY,
                                ctlr, buf, sizeof(ReadCapdata_struct),
                printk(KERN_INFO "      blocks= %llu block_size= %d\n",
                (unsigned long long)*total_size+1, *block_size);
        kfree(buf);
-       return;
 }
 
 static void
 {
        ReadCapdata_struct_16 *buf;
        int return_code;
-       buf = kmalloc(sizeof(ReadCapdata_struct_16), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (buf == NULL) {
+
+       buf = kzalloc(sizeof(ReadCapdata_struct_16), GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!buf) {
                printk(KERN_WARNING "cciss: out of memory\n");
                return;
        }
-       memset(buf, 0, sizeof(ReadCapdata_struct_16));
+
        if (withirq) {
                return_code = sendcmd_withirq(CCISS_READ_CAPACITY_16,
                        ctlr, buf, sizeof(ReadCapdata_struct_16),
        printk(KERN_INFO "      blocks= %llu block_size= %d\n",
               (unsigned long long)*total_size+1, *block_size);
        kfree(buf);
-       return;
 }
 
 static int cciss_revalidate(struct gendisk *disk)