diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index e2d88baf91d3..4687fea0c00f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ void *ext4_kvzalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
 {
 	void *ret;
 
-	ret = kmalloc(size, flags);
+	ret = kzalloc(size, flags);
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = __vmalloc(size, flags | __GFP_ZERO, PAGE_KERNEL);
 	return ret;