1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/file.c b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
index 6526498949d8..970ecd9dbe69 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
@@ -317,12 +317,11 @@ static int reiserfs_allocate_blocks_for_region(struct reiserfs_transaction_handl
                         /* area filled with zeroes, to supply as list of zero blocknumbers
                            We allocate it outside of loop just in case loop would spin for
                            several iterations. */
-                        char *zeros = kmalloc(to_paste * UNFM_P_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);      // We cannot insert more than MAX_ITEM_LEN bytes anyway.
+                        char *zeros = kzalloc(to_paste * UNFM_P_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);      // We cannot insert more than MAX_ITEM_LEN bytes anyway.
                         if (!zeros) {
                                 res = -ENOMEM;
                                 goto error_exit_free_blocks;
                         }
-                        memset(zeros, 0, to_paste * UNFM_P_SIZE);
                         do {
                                 to_paste =
                                     min_t(__u64, hole_size,