diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index f17476f9d7f481a63361be2db73eefaaaaeed238..7edfd41d506c0e84245ada3e284bdc00d25e701e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@ struct ring_buffer *__ring_buffer_alloc(unsigned long size, unsigned flags,
 	if (!buffer)
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&buffer->cpumask, GFP_KERNEL))
+	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&buffer->cpumask, GFP_KERNEL))
 		goto fail_free_buffer;
 
 	nr_pages = DIV_ROUND_UP(size, BUF_PAGE_SIZE);