@@ -145,15 +145,14 @@
 
 - (void)finishInitialization
 {
 	struct of_string_utf8_ivars *ivars;
 
-	if ((ivars = malloc(sizeof(*ivars))) == NULL)
+	if ((ivars = calloc(1, sizeof(*ivars))) == NULL)
 		@throw [OFOutOfMemoryException
 		    exceptionWithClass: [self class]
 			 requestedSize: sizeof(*ivars)];
-	memset(ivars, 0, sizeof(*ivars));
 
 	ivars->cString = cString;
 	ivars->cStringLength = cStringLength;
 
 	switch (of_string_check_utf8(ivars->cString, ivars->cStringLength,