diff --git a/mm/mempool.c b/mm/mempool.c
index 54990476c049b2fa60c5e740a0533ea70df1f856..659aa42bad1621756878dc41ce65e3cbd86ed0fb 100644
--- a/mm/mempool.c
+++ b/mm/mempool.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ mempool_t *mempool_create_node(int min_nr, mempool_alloc_t *alloc_fn,
 			       gfp_t gfp_mask, int node_id)
 {
 	mempool_t *pool;
-	pool = kmalloc_node(sizeof(*pool), gfp_mask | __GFP_ZERO, node_id);
+	pool = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*pool), gfp_mask, node_id);
 	if (!pool)
 		return NULL;
 	pool->elements = kmalloc_node(min_nr * sizeof(void *),