diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index 72ba027c34cfea6f38a9e78927c35048ebfe7a7f..dda12fbd177ba6ad2798ea2b07733fa3f03441ab 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -763,11 +763,10 @@ struct pneigh_entry * pneigh_lookup(struct neigh_table *tbl,
 
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
 
-	n = kmalloc(sizeof(*n) + key_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	n = kzalloc(sizeof(*n) + key_len, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!n)
 		goto out;
 
-	n->protocol = 0;
 	write_pnet(&n->net, net);
 	memcpy(n->key, pkey, key_len);
 	n->dev = dev;