int ret;
 
        /* instance init */
-       instance = kmalloc(sizeof(*instance), GFP_KERNEL);
+       instance = kzalloc(sizeof(*instance), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!instance) {
                dbg("cxacru_bind: no memory for instance data");
                return -ENOMEM;
        }
 
-       memset(instance, 0, sizeof(*instance));
-
        instance->usbatm = usbatm_instance;
        instance->modem_type = (struct cxacru_modem_type *) id->driver_info;
 
 
                }
        }
 
-       instance = kmalloc(sizeof(*instance), GFP_KERNEL);
+       instance = kzalloc(sizeof(*instance), GFP_KERNEL);
 
        if (!instance) {
                usb_err(usbatm, "%s: no memory for instance data!\n", __func__);
                goto fail_release;
        }
 
-       memset(instance, 0, sizeof(struct speedtch_instance_data));
-
        instance->usbatm = usbatm;
 
        INIT_WORK(&instance->status_checker, (void *)speedtch_check_status, instance);
 
                goto fail;
        }
 
-       if (!(new = kmalloc(sizeof(struct usbatm_vcc_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
+       if (!(new = kzalloc(sizeof(struct usbatm_vcc_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
                atm_err(instance, "%s: no memory for vcc_data!\n", __func__);
                ret = -ENOMEM;
                goto fail;
        }
 
-       memset(new, 0, sizeof(struct usbatm_vcc_data));
        new->vcc = vcc;
        new->vpi = vpi;
        new->vci = vci;
 
                instance->urbs[i] = urb;
 
-               buffer = kmalloc(channel->buf_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+               /* zero the tx padding to avoid leaking information */
+               buffer = kzalloc(channel->buf_size, GFP_KERNEL);
                if (!buffer) {
                        dev_err(dev, "%s: no memory for buffer %d!\n", __func__, i);
                        goto fail_unbind;
                }
-               /* zero the tx padding to avoid leaking information */
-               memset(buffer, 0, channel->buf_size);
 
                usb_fill_bulk_urb(urb, instance->usb_dev, channel->endpoint,
                                  buffer, channel->buf_size, usbatm_complete, channel);