1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 6f5aeebd4306..6a3760e0353c 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -1990,10 +1990,9 @@ kmem_cache_create (const char *name, size_t size, size_t align,
         align = ralign;
 
         /* Get cache's description obj. */
-        cachep = kmem_cache_alloc(&cache_cache, SLAB_KERNEL);
+        cachep = kmem_cache_zalloc(&cache_cache, SLAB_KERNEL);
         if (!cachep)
                 goto oops;
-        memset(cachep, 0, sizeof(struct kmem_cache));
 
 #if DEBUG
         cachep->obj_size = size;