diff --git a/net/core/net_namespace.c b/net/core/net_namespace.c
index 0e0ca6d06fa576572c0f8bb679a4076e077c19ac..6f71db8c4428c04a573020a2773b72a97c8e2ff7 100644
--- a/net/core/net_namespace.c
+++ b/net/core/net_namespace.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(init_net);
 
 static struct net *net_alloc(void)
 {
-	return kmem_cache_alloc(net_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+	return kmem_cache_zalloc(net_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
 static void net_free(struct net *net)
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ static int setup_net(struct net *net)
 	struct pernet_operations *ops;
 	int error;
 
-	memset(net, 0, sizeof(struct net));
 	atomic_set(&net->count, 1);
 	atomic_set(&net->use_count, 0);