1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/scsi/libsas.h b/include/scsi/libsas.h
index 8516ba68cc95..ad0182ef7809 100644
--- a/include/scsi/libsas.h
+++ b/include/scsi/libsas.h
@@ -567,10 +567,9 @@ struct sas_task {
 static inline struct sas_task *sas_alloc_task(gfp_t flags)
 {
         extern struct kmem_cache *sas_task_cache;
-        struct sas_task *task = kmem_cache_alloc(sas_task_cache, flags);
+        struct sas_task *task = kmem_cache_zalloc(sas_task_cache, flags);
 
         if (task) {
-                memset(task, 0, sizeof(*task));
                 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&task->list);
                 spin_lock_init(&task->task_state_lock);
                 task->task_state_flags = SAS_TASK_STATE_PENDING;