diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.c b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
index 86ae8e9..af52a7f 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
@@ -521,11 +521,10 @@
 		}
 	} else {
 		/* Allocate a buffer where we construct the new block. */
-		header = kmalloc(sb->s_blocksize, GFP_KERNEL);
+		header = kzalloc(sb->s_blocksize, GFP_KERNEL);
 		error = -ENOMEM;
 		if (header == NULL)
 			goto cleanup;
-		memset(header, 0, sb->s_blocksize);
 		end = (char *)header + sb->s_blocksize;
 		header->h_magic = cpu_to_le32(EXT2_XATTR_MAGIC);
 		header->h_blocks = header->h_refcount = cpu_to_le32(1);