1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/comp/comp_lib.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/comp/comp_lib.c
index 745c802228..64d19df663 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/comp/comp_lib.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/comp/comp_lib.c
@@ -9,11 +9,10 @@ COMP_CTX_new(COMP_METHOD *meth)
 {
         COMP_CTX *ret;
 
-        if ((ret = (COMP_CTX *)malloc(sizeof(COMP_CTX))) == NULL) {
+        if ((ret = calloc(1, sizeof(COMP_CTX))) == NULL) {
                 /* ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ */
                 return (NULL);
         }
-        memset(ret, 0, sizeof(COMP_CTX));
         ret->meth = meth;
         if ((ret->meth->init != NULL) && !ret->meth->init(ret)) {
                 free(ret);