diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index a7a055f167c7c79a8845ae9d0e0489a2c0c73b6e..89a2611a16357b87bd4fb3ea35c63f1d9c05744b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ 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);