1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/buffer/buffer.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/buffer/buffer.c
index e32abb14f3..ddc8f39408 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/buffer/buffer.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/buffer/buffer.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: buffer.c,v 1.22 2017/01/29 17:49:22 beck Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: buffer.c,v 1.23 2017/03/16 13:15:06 jsing Exp $ */
 /* Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com)
  * All rights reserved.
  *
@@ -73,14 +73,11 @@ BUF_MEM_new(void)
 {
         BUF_MEM *ret;
 
-        ret = malloc(sizeof(BUF_MEM));
-        if (ret == NULL) {
+        if ((ret = calloc(1, sizeof(BUF_MEM))) == NULL) {
                 BUFerror(ERR_R_MALLOC_FAILURE);
                 return (NULL);
         }
-        ret->length = 0;
-        ret->max = 0;
-        ret->data = NULL;
+
         return (ret);
 }