1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libalpm/group.c b/lib/libalpm/group.c
index e0294ccb..3ec6338c 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/group.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/group.c
@@ -36,16 +36,13 @@ pmgrp_t *_alpm_grp_new()
 {
 	pmgrp_t* grp;
 
-	grp = (pmgrp_t *)malloc(sizeof(pmgrp_t));
+	grp = calloc(1, sizeof(pmgrp_t));
 	if(grp == NULL) {
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("malloc failure: could not allocate %d bytes"),
 		                        sizeof(pmgrp_t));
 		RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, NULL);
 	}
 
-	grp->name[0] = '\0';
-	grp->packages = NULL;
-
 	return(grp);
 }