1 files changed, 7 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/Event/Event.c b/MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/Event/Event.c
index b2a3459324..09d5113361 100644
--- a/MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/Event/Event.c
+++ b/MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/Event/Event.c
@@ -399,19 +399,17 @@ CoreCreateEventEx (
   }
 
   //
-  // Allcoate and initialize a new event structure.
+  // Allocate and initialize a new event structure.
   //
-  Status = CoreAllocatePool (
-             ((Type & EVT_RUNTIME) != 0) ? EfiRuntimeServicesData: EfiBootServicesData,
-             sizeof (IEVENT),
-             (VOID **)&IEvent
-             );
-  if (EFI_ERROR (Status)) {
+  if ((Type & EVT_RUNTIME) != 0) {
+    IEvent = AllocateRuntimeZeroPool (sizeof (IEVENT));
+  } else {
+    IEvent = AllocateZeroPool (sizeof (IEVENT));
+  }
+  if (IEvent == NULL) {
     return EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
   }
 
-  ZeroMem (IEvent, sizeof (IEVENT));
-
   IEvent->Signature = EVENT_SIGNATURE;
   IEvent->Type = Type;