diff --git a/net/ipv6/raw.c b/net/ipv6/raw.c
index 0f63078..fa1ce0a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/raw.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/raw.c
@@ -1198,7 +1198,7 @@
 {
 	struct seq_file *seq;
 	int rc = -ENOMEM;
-	struct raw6_iter_state *s = kmalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct raw6_iter_state *s = kzalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!s)
 		goto out;
 	rc = seq_open(file, &raw6_seq_ops);
@@ -1206,7 +1206,6 @@
 		goto out_kfree;
 	seq = file->private_data;
 	seq->private = s;
-	memset(s, 0, sizeof(*s));
 out:
 	return rc;
 out_kfree: