1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 11fe93f7363c..7e36c6f6f538 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -405,12 +405,10 @@ int setup_arg_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
                 bprm->loader += stack_base;
         bprm->exec += stack_base;
 
-        mpnt = kmem_cache_alloc(vm_area_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+        mpnt = kmem_cache_zalloc(vm_area_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!mpnt)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        memset(mpnt, 0, sizeof(*mpnt));
-
         down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
         {
                 mpnt->vm_mm = mm;