diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 65fb5e8..9eeab82 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -181,11 +181,10 @@
 	struct task_security_struct *tsec = current->security;
 	struct inode_security_struct *isec;
 
-	isec = kmem_cache_alloc(sel_inode_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
+	isec = kmem_cache_zalloc(sel_inode_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!isec)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	memset(isec, 0, sizeof(*isec));
 	mutex_init(&isec->lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&isec->list);
 	isec->inode = inode;