diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index e0aa4da..9755a3c 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -1251,9 +1251,9 @@
 {
 	struct cfq_io_context *cic;
 
-	cic = kmem_cache_alloc_node(cfq_ioc_pool, gfp_mask, cfqd->queue->node);
+	cic = kmem_cache_alloc_node(cfq_ioc_pool, gfp_mask | __GFP_ZERO,
+							cfqd->queue->node);
 	if (cic) {
-		memset(cic, 0, sizeof(*cic));
 		cic->last_end_request = jiffies;
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cic->queue_list);
 		cic->dtor = cfq_free_io_context;
@@ -1376,17 +1376,19 @@
 			 * free memory.
 			 */
 			spin_unlock_irq(cfqd->queue->queue_lock);
-			new_cfqq = kmem_cache_alloc_node(cfq_pool, gfp_mask|__GFP_NOFAIL, cfqd->queue->node);
+			new_cfqq = kmem_cache_alloc_node(cfq_pool,
+					gfp_mask | __GFP_NOFAIL | __GFP_ZERO,
+					cfqd->queue->node);
 			spin_lock_irq(cfqd->queue->queue_lock);
 			goto retry;
 		} else {
-			cfqq = kmem_cache_alloc_node(cfq_pool, gfp_mask, cfqd->queue->node);
+			cfqq = kmem_cache_alloc_node(cfq_pool,
+					gfp_mask | __GFP_ZERO,
+					cfqd->queue->node);
 			if (!cfqq)
 				goto out;
 		}
 
-		memset(cfqq, 0, sizeof(*cfqq));
-
 		RB_CLEAR_NODE(&cfqq->rb_node);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cfqq->fifo);
 
@@ -2079,12 +2081,10 @@
 {
 	struct cfq_data *cfqd;
 
-	cfqd = kmalloc_node(sizeof(*cfqd), GFP_KERNEL, q->node);
+	cfqd = kmalloc_node(sizeof(*cfqd), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, q->node);
 	if (!cfqd)
 		return NULL;
 
-	memset(cfqd, 0, sizeof(*cfqd));
-
 	cfqd->service_tree = CFQ_RB_ROOT;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cfqd->cic_list);