1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 7d41f15b48d3..0c632a946ea1 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -983,13 +983,11 @@ static struct array_cache **alloc_alien_cache(int node, int limit, gfp_t gfp)
 
         if (limit > 1)
                 limit = 12;
-        ac_ptr = kmalloc_node(memsize, gfp, node);
+        ac_ptr = kzalloc_node(memsize, gfp, node);
         if (ac_ptr) {
                 for_each_node(i) {
-                        if (i == node || !node_online(i)) {
-                                ac_ptr[i] = NULL;
+                        if (i == node || !node_online(i))
                                 continue;
-                        }
                         ac_ptr[i] = alloc_arraycache(node, limit, 0xbaadf00d, gfp);
                         if (!ac_ptr[i]) {
                                 for (i--; i >= 0; i--)