diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-bio-prison-v1.c b/drivers/md/dm-bio-prison-v1.c
index 8e33a38083682735236fa0b02f3691bb8d4377be..e794e3662fddf574deffed39cf4d48716a73b747 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-bio-prison-v1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-bio-prison-v1.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache *_cell_cache;
  */
 struct dm_bio_prison *dm_bio_prison_create(void)
 {
-	struct dm_bio_prison *prison = kmalloc(sizeof(*prison), GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct dm_bio_prison *prison = kzalloc(sizeof(*prison), GFP_KERNEL);
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!prison)
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-bio-prison-v2.c b/drivers/md/dm-bio-prison-v2.c
index 601b1569206a7833010ecacfc0fe759e34b668a9..f866bc97b0326540138cb9ac10d2b45e71d9a3d8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-bio-prison-v2.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-bio-prison-v2.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache *_cell_cache;
  */
 struct dm_bio_prison_v2 *dm_bio_prison_create_v2(struct workqueue_struct *wq)
 {
-	struct dm_bio_prison_v2 *prison = kmalloc(sizeof(*prison), GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct dm_bio_prison_v2 *prison = kzalloc(sizeof(*prison), GFP_KERNEL);
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!prison)
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-io.c b/drivers/md/dm-io.c
index 53c6ed0eaa1fd02fe83ddedb66060764d5778bbc..81ffc59d05c90e7843747a0d9cd2c33fa0bba41d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-io.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-io.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ struct dm_io_client *dm_io_client_create(void)
 	unsigned min_ios = dm_get_reserved_bio_based_ios();
 	int ret;
 
-	client = kmalloc(sizeof(*client), GFP_KERNEL);
+	client = kzalloc(sizeof(*client), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!client)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c b/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
index c89a675a2aacb9450029877814d55346468948ca..ce7efc7434be39f9533fd9f05aecab5bd57d4d61 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ struct dm_kcopyd_client *dm_kcopyd_client_create(struct dm_kcopyd_throttle *thro
 	int r;
 	struct dm_kcopyd_client *kc;
 
-	kc = kmalloc(sizeof(*kc), GFP_KERNEL);
+	kc = kzalloc(sizeof(*kc), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!kc)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-region-hash.c b/drivers/md/dm-region-hash.c
index 43149eb4937551535a7de2c07fbe16c3d82780d9..abf3521b80a8a67fb437c5c38206c6ece726261e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-region-hash.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-region-hash.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ struct dm_region_hash *dm_region_hash_create(
 		;
 	nr_buckets >>= 1;
 
-	rh = kmalloc(sizeof(*rh), GFP_KERNEL);
+	rh = kzalloc(sizeof(*rh), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!rh) {
 		DMERR("unable to allocate region hash memory");
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-snap.c b/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
index b11ddc55f297810b87d59e1597c62a90417426eb..f745404da72133681ed7c025a41ce05fae1f0859 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
@@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@ static int snapshot_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
 		origin_mode = FMODE_WRITE;
 	}
 
-	s = kmalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
+	s = kzalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!s) {
 		ti->error = "Cannot allocate private snapshot structure";
 		r = -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-thin.c b/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
index 6c923824ec91d2713acefe53a17b224f4e4d0568..5772756c63c1bb79b70da1469d8480e061f5595f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
@@ -2861,7 +2861,7 @@ static struct pool *pool_create(struct mapped_device *pool_md,
 		return (struct pool *)pmd;
 	}
 
-	pool = kmalloc(sizeof(*pool), GFP_KERNEL);
+	pool = kzalloc(sizeof(*pool), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pool) {
 		*error = "Error allocating memory for pool";
 		err_p = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);