1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 617fb31086ee..fb907236bbd8 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -141,9 +141,11 @@ static struct zonelist *bind_zonelist(nodemask_t *nodes)
         enum zone_type k;
 
         max = 1 + MAX_NR_ZONES * nodes_weight(*nodes);
+        max++;                  /* space for zlcache_ptr (see mmzone.h) */
         zl = kmalloc(sizeof(struct zone *) * max, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!zl)
                 return NULL;
+        zl->zlcache_ptr = NULL;
         num = 0;
         /* First put in the highest zones from all nodes, then all the next 
            lower zones etc. Avoid empty zones because the memory allocator