1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 847ab4160315..5284cd2b5776 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -555,10 +555,8 @@ void __cpuinit select_idle_routine(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 void __init init_c1e_mask(void)
 {
         /* If we're using c1e_idle, we need to allocate c1e_mask. */
-        if (pm_idle == c1e_idle) {
-                alloc_cpumask_var(&c1e_mask, GFP_KERNEL);
-                cpumask_clear(c1e_mask);
-        }
+        if (pm_idle == c1e_idle)
+                zalloc_cpumask_var(&c1e_mask, GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
 static int __init idle_setup(char *str)