diff --git a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
index 325bc019ed88..a1920da22802 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
@@ -332,7 +332,6 @@ static handle_t *new_handle(int nblocks)
 	handle_t *handle = jbd2_alloc_handle(GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!handle)
 		return NULL;
-	memset(handle, 0, sizeof(*handle));
 	handle->h_buffer_credits = nblocks;
 	handle->h_ref = 1;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
index f9fe88957b7a..6e051f472edb 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ extern struct kmem_cache *jbd2_handle_cache;
 
 static inline handle_t *jbd2_alloc_handle(gfp_t gfp_flags)
 {
-	return kmem_cache_alloc(jbd2_handle_cache, gfp_flags);
+	return kmem_cache_zalloc(jbd2_handle_cache, gfp_flags);
 }
 
 static inline void jbd2_free_handle(handle_t *handle)