diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c b/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c
index fe9012a49aa5abf0454bf4fa8f7d421c676ded26..121aff0a66b7bad4d968b2697a06259a6dfe8ebf 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c
@@ -253,9 +253,9 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node)
 
 		pt_dir = pte_offset_kernel(pm_dir, address);
 		if (pte_none(*pt_dir)) {
-			unsigned long new_page;
+			void *new_page;
 
-			new_page =__pa(vmem_alloc_pages(0));
+			new_page = vmemmap_alloc_block(PAGE_SIZE, node);
 			if (!new_page)
 				goto out;
 			pte_val(*pt_dir) =
@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node)
 		}
 		address += PAGE_SIZE;
 	}
-	memset((void *)start, 0, end - start);
 	ret = 0;
 out:
 	return ret;