diff --git a/fs/ubifs/journal.c b/fs/ubifs/journal.c
index 419c79f..9f35643 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/journal.c
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@
 	/* Make sure to also account for extended attributes */
 	len += host_ui->data_len;
 
-	dent = kmalloc(len, GFP_NOFS);
+	dent = kzalloc(len, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!dent)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@
 	if (twoparents)
 		len += plen;
 
-	dent1 = kmalloc(len, GFP_NOFS);
+	dent1 = kzalloc(len, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!dent1)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@
 	len = aligned_dlen1 + aligned_dlen2 + ALIGN(ilen, 8) + ALIGN(plen, 8);
 	if (move)
 		len += plen;
-	dent = kmalloc(len, GFP_NOFS);
+	dent = kzalloc(len, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!dent)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1498,7 +1498,7 @@
 	hlen = host_ui->data_len + UBIFS_INO_NODE_SZ;
 	len = aligned_xlen + UBIFS_INO_NODE_SZ + ALIGN(hlen, 8);
 
-	xent = kmalloc(len, GFP_NOFS);
+	xent = kzalloc(len, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!xent)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1605,7 +1605,7 @@
 	aligned_len1 = ALIGN(len1, 8);
 	aligned_len = aligned_len1 + ALIGN(len2, 8);
 
-	ino = kmalloc(aligned_len, GFP_NOFS);
+	ino = kzalloc(aligned_len, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!ino)
 		return -ENOMEM;