diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2fw.c b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2fw.c
index 6c38f797d1ab..e907380f9163 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2fw.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2fw.c
@@ -986,8 +986,8 @@ static int writeimage(wlandevice_t *wlandev, struct imgchunk *fchunk,
 	u32 currlen;
 	u32 currdaddr;
 
-	rstmsg = kmalloc(sizeof(*rstmsg), GFP_KERNEL);
-	rwrmsg = kmalloc(sizeof(*rwrmsg), GFP_KERNEL);
+	rstmsg = kzalloc(sizeof(*rstmsg), GFP_KERNEL);
+	rwrmsg = kzalloc(sizeof(*rwrmsg), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!rstmsg || !rwrmsg) {
 		kfree(rstmsg);
 		kfree(rwrmsg);
@@ -997,7 +997,6 @@ static int writeimage(wlandevice_t *wlandev, struct imgchunk *fchunk,
 	}
 
 	/* Initialize the messages */
-	memset(rstmsg, 0, sizeof(*rstmsg));
 	strcpy(rstmsg->devname, wlandev->name);
 	rstmsg->msgcode = DIDmsg_p2req_ramdl_state;
 	rstmsg->msglen = sizeof(*rstmsg);
@@ -1011,7 +1010,6 @@ static int writeimage(wlandevice_t *wlandev, struct imgchunk *fchunk,
 	rstmsg->exeaddr.len = sizeof(u32);
 	rstmsg->resultcode.len = sizeof(u32);
 
-	memset(rwrmsg, 0, sizeof(*rwrmsg));
 	strcpy(rwrmsg->devname, wlandev->name);
 	rwrmsg->msgcode = DIDmsg_p2req_ramdl_write;
 	rwrmsg->msglen = sizeof(*rwrmsg);