diff --git a/openbsc/src/telnet_interface.c b/openbsc/src/telnet_interface.c
index 5cc6ea0..7a67fe1 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/telnet_interface.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/telnet_interface.c
@@ -167,8 +167,7 @@
 	}
 
 
-	connection = talloc(tall_telnet_ctx, struct telnet_connection);
-	memset(connection, 0, sizeof(*connection));
+	connection = talloc_zero(tall_telnet_ctx, struct telnet_connection);
 	connection->network = (struct gsm_network*)fd->data;
 	connection->fd.data = connection;
 	connection->fd.fd = new_connection;