*      Ok now init the communication subsystem
         */
 
-       dev->queues = kmalloc(sizeof(struct aac_queue_block), GFP_KERNEL);
+       dev->queues = kzalloc(sizeof(struct aac_queue_block), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (dev->queues == NULL) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "Error could not allocate comm region.\n");
                return NULL;
        }
-       memset(dev->queues, 0, sizeof(struct aac_queue_block));
 
        if (aac_comm_init(dev)<0){
                kfree(dev->queues);
 
                 * Warning: no sleep allowed while
                 * holding spinlock
                 */
-               hw_fib = kmalloc(sizeof(struct hw_fib), GFP_ATOMIC);
-               fib = kmalloc(sizeof(struct fib), GFP_ATOMIC);
+               hw_fib = kzalloc(sizeof(struct hw_fib), GFP_ATOMIC);
+               fib = kzalloc(sizeof(struct fib), GFP_ATOMIC);
                if (fib && hw_fib) {
                        struct aac_aifcmd * aif;
 
-                       memset(hw_fib, 0, sizeof(struct hw_fib));
-                       memset(fib, 0, sizeof(struct fib));
                        fib->hw_fib_va = hw_fib;
                        fib->dev = aac;
                        aac_fib_init(fib);
 
                 * manage the linked lists.
                 */
                if ((!dev->aif_thread)
-                || (!(fib = kmalloc(sizeof(struct fib),GFP_ATOMIC))))
+                || (!(fib = kzalloc(sizeof(struct fib),GFP_ATOMIC))))
                        return 1;
-               if (!(hw_fib = kmalloc(sizeof(struct hw_fib),GFP_ATOMIC))) {
+               if (!(hw_fib = kzalloc(sizeof(struct hw_fib),GFP_ATOMIC))) {
                        kfree (fib);
                        return 1;
                }
-               memset(hw_fib, 0, sizeof(struct hw_fib));
                memcpy(hw_fib, (struct hw_fib *)(((ptrdiff_t)(dev->regs.sa)) +
                  (index & ~0x00000002L)), sizeof(struct hw_fib));
-               memset(fib, 0, sizeof(struct fib));
                INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fib->fiblink);
                fib->type = FSAFS_NTC_FIB_CONTEXT;
                fib->size = sizeof(struct fib);