diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index a9f995f6859e..a140fe1dbb1a 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -3546,8 +3546,6 @@ __setup("dhash_entries=", set_dhash_entries);
 
 static void __init dcache_init_early(void)
 {
-	unsigned int loop;
-
 	/* If hashes are distributed across NUMA nodes, defer
 	 * hash allocation until vmalloc space is available.
 	 */
@@ -3559,24 +3557,19 @@ static void __init dcache_init_early(void)
 					sizeof(struct hlist_bl_head),
 					dhash_entries,
 					13,
-					HASH_EARLY,
+					HASH_EARLY | HASH_ZERO,
 					&d_hash_shift,
 					&d_hash_mask,
 					0,
 					0);
-
-	for (loop = 0; loop < (1U << d_hash_shift); loop++)
-		INIT_HLIST_BL_HEAD(dentry_hashtable + loop);
 }
 
 static void __init dcache_init(void)
 {
-	unsigned int loop;
-
-	/* 
+	/*
 	 * A constructor could be added for stable state like the lists,
 	 * but it is probably not worth it because of the cache nature
-	 * of the dcache. 
+	 * of the dcache.
 	 */
 	dentry_cache = KMEM_CACHE(dentry,
 		SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_PANIC|SLAB_MEM_SPREAD|SLAB_ACCOUNT);
@@ -3590,14 +3583,11 @@ static void __init dcache_init(void)
 					sizeof(struct hlist_bl_head),
 					dhash_entries,
 					13,
-					0,
+					HASH_ZERO,
 					&d_hash_shift,
 					&d_hash_mask,
 					0,
 					0);
-
-	for (loop = 0; loop < (1U << d_hash_shift); loop++)
-		INIT_HLIST_BL_HEAD(dentry_hashtable + loop);
 }
 
 /* SLAB cache for __getname() consumers */
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index ab3b9a795c0b..5cbc8e6e9390 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1915,8 +1915,6 @@ __setup("ihash_entries=", set_ihash_entries);
  */
 void __init inode_init_early(void)
 {
-	unsigned int loop;
-
 	/* If hashes are distributed across NUMA nodes, defer
 	 * hash allocation until vmalloc space is available.
 	 */
@@ -1928,20 +1926,15 @@ void __init inode_init_early(void)
 					sizeof(struct hlist_head),
 					ihash_entries,
 					14,
-					HASH_EARLY,
+					HASH_EARLY | HASH_ZERO,
 					&i_hash_shift,
 					&i_hash_mask,
 					0,
 					0);
-
-	for (loop = 0; loop < (1U << i_hash_shift); loop++)
-		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&inode_hashtable[loop]);
 }
 
 void __init inode_init(void)
 {
-	unsigned int loop;
-
 	/* inode slab cache */
 	inode_cachep = kmem_cache_create("inode_cache",
 					 sizeof(struct inode),
@@ -1959,14 +1952,11 @@ void __init inode_init(void)
 					sizeof(struct hlist_head),
 					ihash_entries,
 					14,
-					0,
+					HASH_ZERO,
 					&i_hash_shift,
 					&i_hash_mask,
 					0,
 					0);
-
-	for (loop = 0; loop < (1U << i_hash_shift); loop++)
-		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&inode_hashtable[loop]);
 }
 
 void init_special_inode(struct inode *inode, umode_t mode, dev_t rdev)
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index f70914a859a4..81f934b5d571 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -3239,7 +3239,6 @@ static void __init init_mount_tree(void)
 
 void __init mnt_init(void)
 {
-	unsigned u;
 	int err;
 
 	mnt_cache = kmem_cache_create("mnt_cache", sizeof(struct mount),
@@ -3248,22 +3247,17 @@ void __init mnt_init(void)
 	mount_hashtable = alloc_large_system_hash("Mount-cache",
 				sizeof(struct hlist_head),
 				mhash_entries, 19,
-				0,
+				HASH_ZERO,
 				&m_hash_shift, &m_hash_mask, 0, 0);
 	mountpoint_hashtable = alloc_large_system_hash("Mountpoint-cache",
 				sizeof(struct hlist_head),
 				mphash_entries, 19,
-				0,
+				HASH_ZERO,
 				&mp_hash_shift, &mp_hash_mask, 0, 0);
 
 	if (!mount_hashtable || !mountpoint_hashtable)
 		panic("Failed to allocate mount hash table\n");
 
-	for (u = 0; u <= m_hash_mask; u++)
-		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&mount_hashtable[u]);
-	for (u = 0; u <= mp_hash_mask; u++)
-		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&mountpoint_hashtable[u]);
-
 	kernfs_init();
 
 	err = sysfs_init();
diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h b/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
index e6b2f7ad3e51..4ccfcaae5b89 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ void __init __pv_init_lock_hash(void)
 	 */
 	pv_lock_hash = alloc_large_system_hash("PV qspinlock",
 					       sizeof(struct pv_hash_entry),
-					       pv_hash_size, 0, HASH_EARLY,
+					       pv_hash_size, 0,
+					       HASH_EARLY | HASH_ZERO,
 					       &pv_lock_hash_bits, NULL,
 					       pv_hash_size, pv_hash_size);
 }
diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
index fd1cde1e4576..731c4e528f4e 100644
--- a/kernel/pid.c
+++ b/kernel/pid.c
@@ -575,16 +575,13 @@ struct pid *find_ge_pid(int nr, struct pid_namespace *ns)
  */
 void __init pidhash_init(void)
 {
-	unsigned int i, pidhash_size;
+	unsigned int pidhash_size;
 
 	pid_hash = alloc_large_system_hash("PID", sizeof(*pid_hash), 0, 18,
-					   HASH_EARLY | HASH_SMALL,
+					   HASH_EARLY | HASH_SMALL | HASH_ZERO,
 					   &pidhash_shift, NULL,
 					   0, 4096);
 	pidhash_size = 1U << pidhash_shift;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < pidhash_size; i++)
-		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&pid_hash[i]);
 }
 
 void __init pidmap_init(void)