1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 1258371e0d2b..b7792fb03387 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -1221,7 +1221,8 @@ static int __devinit init_timers_cpu(int cpu)
                         /*
                          * The APs use this path later in boot
                          */
-                        base = kmalloc_node(sizeof(*base), GFP_KERNEL,
+                        base = kmalloc_node(sizeof(*base),
+                                                GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO,
                                                 cpu_to_node(cpu));
                         if (!base)
                                 return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1232,7 +1233,6 @@ static int __devinit init_timers_cpu(int cpu)
                                 kfree(base);
                                 return -ENOMEM;
                         }
-                        memset(base, 0, sizeof(*base));
                         per_cpu(tvec_bases, cpu) = base;
                 } else {
                         /*