{
        int i;
        int rc;
-       char password_with_pad[CIFS_ENCPWD_SIZE];
+       char password_with_pad[CIFS_ENCPWD_SIZE] = {0};
 
-       memset(password_with_pad, 0, CIFS_ENCPWD_SIZE);
        if (password)
                strncpy(password_with_pad, password, CIFS_ENCPWD_SIZE);
 
 
                        tmp_end++;
                        if (!(tmp_end < end && tmp_end[1] == delim)) {
                                /* No it is not. Set the password to NULL */
-                               kfree(vol->password);
+                               kzfree(vol->password);
                                vol->password = NULL;
                                break;
                        }
                                        options = end;
                        }
 
-                       kfree(vol->password);
+                       kzfree(vol->password);
                        /* Now build new password string */
                        temp_len = strlen(value);
                        vol->password = kzalloc(temp_len+1, GFP_KERNEL);
                reset_cifs_unix_caps(0, tcon, NULL, vol_info);
 out:
        kfree(vol_info->username);
-       kfree(vol_info->password);
+       kzfree(vol_info->password);
        kfree(vol_info);
 
        return tcon;
 
        kfree(buf_to_free->serverOS);
        kfree(buf_to_free->serverDomain);
        kfree(buf_to_free->serverNOS);
-       if (buf_to_free->password) {
-               memset(buf_to_free->password, 0, strlen(buf_to_free->password));
-               kfree(buf_to_free->password);
-       }
+       kzfree(buf_to_free->password);
        kfree(buf_to_free->user_name);
        kfree(buf_to_free->domainName);
-       kfree(buf_to_free->auth_key.response);
-       kfree(buf_to_free);
+       kzfree(buf_to_free->auth_key.response);
+       kzfree(buf_to_free);
 }
 
 struct cifs_tcon *
        }
        atomic_dec(&tconInfoAllocCount);
        kfree(buf_to_free->nativeFileSystem);
-       if (buf_to_free->password) {
-               memset(buf_to_free->password, 0, strlen(buf_to_free->password));
-               kfree(buf_to_free->password);
-       }
+       kzfree(buf_to_free->password);
        kfree(buf_to_free);
 }