diff --git a/fs/ext4/page-io.c b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
index beacce11ac50..0f5dfe0e83e7 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/page-io.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
@@ -158,11 +158,8 @@ static void ext4_end_io_work(struct work_struct *work)
 
 ext4_io_end_t *ext4_init_io_end(struct inode *inode, gfp_t flags)
 {
-	ext4_io_end_t *io = NULL;
-
-	io = kmem_cache_alloc(io_end_cachep, flags);
+	ext4_io_end_t *io = kmem_cache_zalloc(io_end_cachep, flags);
 	if (io) {
-		memset(io, 0, sizeof(*io));
 		atomic_inc(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_ioend_count);
 		io->inode = inode;
 		INIT_WORK(&io->work, ext4_end_io_work);