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-rw-r--r--drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c5
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c b/drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c
index 34bc017b8b3c..b8ee103eed5f 100644
--- a/drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c
+++ b/drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c
@@ -307,9 +307,8 @@ static int close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
* kmalloc()ed string, either of which is ok to hand to kfree(). */
if (!IS_ERR(lg->dead))
kfree(lg->dead);
- /* We clear the entire structure, which also marks it as free for the
- * next user. */
- memset(lg, 0, sizeof(*lg));
+ /* Free the memory allocated to the lguest_struct */
+ kfree(lg);
/* Release lock and exit. */
mutex_unlock(&lguest_lock);