1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp-tbsync.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp-tbsync.c
index de59c6c31a5b..bc892e69b4f7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp-tbsync.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp-tbsync.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static int __devinit start_contest(int cmd, long offset, int num)
 {
 	int i, score=0;
 	u64 tb;
-	long mark;
+	u64 mark;
 
 	tbsync->cmd = cmd;
 
@@ -116,8 +116,7 @@ void __devinit smp_generic_give_timebase(void)
 	printk("Synchronizing timebase\n");
 
 	/* if this fails then this kernel won't work anyway... */
-	tbsync = kmalloc( sizeof(*tbsync), GFP_KERNEL );
-	memset( tbsync, 0, sizeof(*tbsync) );
+	tbsync = kzalloc( sizeof(*tbsync), GFP_KERNEL );
 	mb();
 	running = 1;