diff --git a/arch/c6x/mm/init.c b/arch/c6x/mm/init.c
index af5ada0520be..e83c04654238 100644
--- a/arch/c6x/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/c6x/mm/init.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ void __init paging_init(void)
 
 	empty_zero_page      = (unsigned long) memblock_alloc(PAGE_SIZE,
 							      PAGE_SIZE);
-	memset((void *)empty_zero_page, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	/*
 	 * Set up user data space
diff --git a/arch/h8300/mm/init.c b/arch/h8300/mm/init.c
index 6519252ac4db..a1578904ad4e 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/h8300/mm/init.c
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ void __init paging_init(void)
 	 * to a couple of allocated pages.
 	 */
 	empty_zero_page = (unsigned long)memblock_alloc(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
-	memset((void *)empty_zero_page, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	/*
 	 * Set up SFC/DFC registers (user data space).
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/mca.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/mca.c
index 74d148bd4876..370bc349619a 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/mca.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/mca.c
@@ -400,8 +400,6 @@ ia64_log_init(int sal_info_type)
 
 	// set up OS data structures to hold error info
 	IA64_LOG_ALLOCATE(sal_info_type, max_size);
-	memset(IA64_LOG_CURR_BUFFER(sal_info_type), 0, max_size);
-	memset(IA64_LOG_NEXT_BUFFER(sal_info_type), 0, max_size);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/m68k/mm/mcfmmu.c b/arch/m68k/mm/mcfmmu.c
index 0de4999a3810..492f953db31b 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/mm/mcfmmu.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/mm/mcfmmu.c
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ void __init paging_init(void)
 	int i;
 
 	empty_zero_page = (void *) memblock_alloc(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
-	memset((void *) empty_zero_page, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	pg_dir = swapper_pg_dir;
 	memset(swapper_pg_dir, 0, sizeof(swapper_pg_dir));
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/mm/init.c b/arch/microblaze/mm/init.c
index 44f4b8910c21..bd1cd4bff449 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/mm/init.c
@@ -376,10 +376,8 @@ void * __ref zalloc_maybe_bootmem(size_t size, gfp_t mask)
 
 	if (mem_init_done)
 		p = kzalloc(size, mask);
-	else {
+	else
 		p = memblock_alloc(size, SMP_CACHE_BYTES);
-		if (p)
-			memset(p, 0, size);
-	}
+
 	return p;
 }
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_32.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_32.c
index 38940afaa696..e7126ca4ead7 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_32.c
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ void * __init prom_early_alloc(unsigned long size)
 	void *ret;
 
 	ret = memblock_alloc(size, SMP_CACHE_BYTES);
-	if (ret != NULL)
-		memset(ret, 0, size);
 
 	prom_early_allocated += size;