separator[1] = 0;
        delim = separator[0];
 
+       /* ensure we always start with zeroed-out smb_vol */
+       memset(vol, 0, sizeof(*vol));
+
        /*
         * does not have to be perfect mapping since field is
         * informational, only used for servers that do not support
                        mdata = NULL;
                } else {
                        cleanup_volume_info_contents(volume_info);
-                       memset(volume_info, '\0', sizeof(*volume_info));
                        rc = cifs_setup_volume_info(volume_info, mdata,
                                                        fake_devname);
                }
        if (cifs_parse_mount_options(mount_data, devname, volume_info))
                return -EINVAL;
 
-
        if (volume_info->nullauth) {
                cFYI(1, "Anonymous login");
                kfree(volume_info->username);
        int rc;
        struct smb_vol *volume_info;
 
-       volume_info = kzalloc(sizeof(struct smb_vol), GFP_KERNEL);
+       volume_info = kmalloc(sizeof(struct smb_vol), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!volume_info)
                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);