1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 4769a25d7037..d265963d1ed3 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -177,11 +177,10 @@ static elevator_t *elevator_alloc(request_queue_t *q, struct elevator_type *e)
         elevator_t *eq;
         int i;
 
-        eq = kmalloc_node(sizeof(elevator_t), GFP_KERNEL, q->node);
+        eq = kmalloc_node(sizeof(elevator_t), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, q->node);
         if (unlikely(!eq))
                 goto err;
 
-        memset(eq, 0, sizeof(*eq));
         eq->ops = &e->ops;
         eq->elevator_type = e;
         kobject_init(&eq->kobj);