{
        struct device *idev = &interface->dev;
        struct usb_device *udev = interface_to_usbdev(interface);
-       struct lego_usb_tower *dev = NULL;
+       struct lego_usb_tower *dev;
        struct tower_get_version_reply *get_version_reply = NULL;
        int retval = -ENOMEM;
        int result;
 
        /* allocate memory for our device state and initialize it */
-
-       dev = kmalloc (sizeof(struct lego_usb_tower), GFP_KERNEL);
-
+       dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!dev)
                goto exit;
 
        mutex_init(&dev->lock);
-
        dev->udev = usb_get_dev(udev);
-       dev->open_count = 0;
-       dev->disconnected = 0;
-
-       dev->read_buffer = NULL;
-       dev->read_buffer_length = 0;
-       dev->read_packet_length = 0;
        spin_lock_init (&dev->read_buffer_lock);
        dev->packet_timeout_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(packet_timeout);
        dev->read_last_arrival = jiffies;
-
        init_waitqueue_head (&dev->read_wait);
        init_waitqueue_head (&dev->write_wait);
 
-       dev->interrupt_in_buffer = NULL;
-       dev->interrupt_in_endpoint = NULL;
-       dev->interrupt_in_urb = NULL;
-       dev->interrupt_in_running = 0;
-       dev->interrupt_in_done = 0;
-
-       dev->interrupt_out_buffer = NULL;
-       dev->interrupt_out_endpoint = NULL;
-       dev->interrupt_out_urb = NULL;
-       dev->interrupt_out_busy = 0;
-
        result = usb_find_common_endpoints_reverse(interface->cur_altsetting,
                        NULL, NULL,
                        &dev->interrupt_in_endpoint,