diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 950981f..fa933f4 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -65,14 +65,12 @@
 
 	if (slab_is_available()) {
 		if (node_state(nid, N_HIGH_MEMORY))
-			section = kmalloc_node(array_size, GFP_KERNEL, nid);
+			section = kzalloc_node(array_size, GFP_KERNEL, nid);
 		else
-			section = kmalloc(array_size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	} else
+			section = kzalloc(array_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	} else {
 		section = alloc_bootmem_node(NODE_DATA(nid), array_size);
-
-	if (section)
-		memset(section, 0, array_size);
+	}
 
 	return section;
 }