1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 5ef336c1103c..fd999cab7b57 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -53,9 +53,8 @@ static inline unsigned long hash(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry)
 
 struct vfsmount *alloc_vfsmnt(const char *name)
 {
-        struct vfsmount *mnt = kmem_cache_alloc(mnt_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
+        struct vfsmount *mnt = kmem_cache_zalloc(mnt_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (mnt) {
-                memset(mnt, 0, sizeof(struct vfsmount));
                 atomic_set(&mnt->mnt_count, 1);
                 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mnt->mnt_hash);
                 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mnt->mnt_child);