diff --git a/include/net/sctp/sctp.h b/include/net/sctp/sctp.h
index 59151557406c..289241d31cc1 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/sctp.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/sctp.h
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ for (pos = chunk->subh.fwdtsn_hdr->skip;\
 #define WORD_ROUND(s) (((s)+3)&~3)
 
 /* Make a new instance of type.  */
-#define t_new(type, flags)	(type *)kmalloc(sizeof(type), flags)
+#define t_new(type, flags)	(type *)kzalloc(sizeof(type), flags)
 
 /* Compare two timevals.  */
 #define tv_lt(s, t) \
diff --git a/net/sctp/associola.c b/net/sctp/associola.c
index fab9cb2783a7..37753cd48be3 100644
--- a/net/sctp/associola.c
+++ b/net/sctp/associola.c
@@ -87,9 +87,6 @@ static struct sctp_association *sctp_association_init(struct sctp_association *a
 	/* Retrieve the SCTP per socket area.  */
 	sp = sctp_sk((struct sock *)sk);
 
-	/* Init all variables to a known value.  */
-	memset(asoc, 0, sizeof(struct sctp_association));
-
 	/* Discarding const is appropriate here.  */
 	asoc->ep = (struct sctp_endpoint *)ep;
 	sctp_endpoint_hold(asoc->ep);
diff --git a/net/sctp/endpointola.c b/net/sctp/endpointola.c
index 905fda582b92..2f8763bae9ed 100644
--- a/net/sctp/endpointola.c
+++ b/net/sctp/endpointola.c
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ static struct sctp_endpoint *sctp_endpoint_init(struct sctp_endpoint *ep,
 	struct sctp_shared_key *null_key;
 	int err;
 
-	memset(ep, 0, sizeof(struct sctp_endpoint));
-
 	ep->digest = kzalloc(SCTP_SIGNATURE_SIZE, gfp);
 	if (!ep->digest)
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/net/sctp/transport.c b/net/sctp/transport.c
index 0ebb97fc98e0..854228bf3f34 100644
--- a/net/sctp/transport.c
+++ b/net/sctp/transport.c
@@ -64,9 +64,6 @@ static struct sctp_transport *sctp_transport_init(struct sctp_transport *peer,
 	/* Copy in the address.  */
 	peer->ipaddr = *addr;
 	peer->af_specific = sctp_get_af_specific(addr->sa.sa_family);
-	peer->asoc = NULL;
-
-	peer->dst = NULL;
 	memset(&peer->saddr, 0, sizeof(union sctp_addr));
 
 	/* From 6.3.1 RTO Calculation:
@@ -76,34 +73,21 @@ static struct sctp_transport *sctp_transport_init(struct sctp_transport *peer,
 	 * parameter 'RTO.Initial'.
 	 */
 	peer->rto = msecs_to_jiffies(sctp_rto_initial);
-	peer->rtt = 0;
-	peer->rttvar = 0;
-	peer->srtt = 0;
-	peer->rto_pending = 0;
-	peer->hb_sent = 0;
-	peer->fast_recovery = 0;
 
 	peer->last_time_heard = jiffies;
 	peer->last_time_ecne_reduced = jiffies;
 
-	peer->init_sent_count = 0;
-
 	peer->param_flags = SPP_HB_DISABLE |
 			    SPP_PMTUD_ENABLE |
 			    SPP_SACKDELAY_ENABLE;
-	peer->hbinterval  = 0;
 
 	/* Initialize the default path max_retrans.  */
 	peer->pathmaxrxt  = sctp_max_retrans_path;
-	peer->error_count = 0;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&peer->transmitted);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&peer->send_ready);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&peer->transports);
 
-	peer->T3_rtx_timer.expires = 0;
-	peer->hb_timer.expires = 0;
-
 	setup_timer(&peer->T3_rtx_timer, sctp_generate_t3_rtx_event,
 			(unsigned long)peer);
 	setup_timer(&peer->hb_timer, sctp_generate_heartbeat_event,
@@ -113,15 +97,6 @@ static struct sctp_transport *sctp_transport_init(struct sctp_transport *peer,
 	get_random_bytes(&peer->hb_nonce, sizeof(peer->hb_nonce));
 
 	atomic_set(&peer->refcnt, 1);
-	peer->dead = 0;
-
-	peer->malloced = 0;
-
-	/* Initialize the state information for SFR-CACC */
-	peer->cacc.changeover_active = 0;
-	peer->cacc.cycling_changeover = 0;
-	peer->cacc.next_tsn_at_change = 0;
-	peer->cacc.cacc_saw_newack = 0;
 
 	return peer;
 }