1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
index aa94f60fa8e7..86e144f321ff 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
@@ -2301,12 +2301,11 @@ pfm_smpl_buffer_alloc(struct task_struct *task, pfm_context_t *ctx, unsigned lon
         DPRINT(("smpl_buf @%p\n", smpl_buf));
 
         /* allocate vma */
-        vma = kmem_cache_alloc(vm_area_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+        vma = kmem_cache_zalloc(vm_area_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!vma) {
                 DPRINT(("Cannot allocate vma\n"));
                 goto error_kmem;
         }
-        memset(vma, 0, sizeof(*vma));
 
         /*
          * partially initialize the vma for the sampling buffer