diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index d57ad32db367..9dc3bae9793d 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -1048,10 +1048,9 @@ static inline void audit_free_aux(struct audit_context *context)
 	}
 }
 
-static inline void audit_zero_context(struct audit_context *context,
+static inline void audit_set_context(struct audit_context *context,
 				      enum audit_state state)
 {
-	memset(context, 0, sizeof(*context));
 	context->state      = state;
 	context->prio = state == AUDIT_RECORD_CONTEXT ? ~0ULL : 0;
 }
@@ -1060,9 +1059,10 @@ static inline struct audit_context *audit_alloc_context(enum audit_state state)
 {
 	struct audit_context *context;
 
-	if (!(context = kmalloc(sizeof(*context), GFP_KERNEL)))
+	context = kzalloc(sizeof(*context), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!context)
 		return NULL;
-	audit_zero_context(context, state);
+	audit_set_context(context, state);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&context->killed_trees);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&context->names_list);
 	return context;