diff --git a/include/asm-avr32/pgalloc.h b/include/asm-avr32/pgalloc.h
index bb82e70..7524814 100644
--- a/include/asm-avr32/pgalloc.h
+++ b/include/asm-avr32/pgalloc.h
@@ -27,13 +27,7 @@
  */
 static __inline__ pgd_t *pgd_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
-	unsigned int pgd_size = (USER_PTRS_PER_PGD * sizeof(pgd_t));
-	pgd_t *pgd = kmalloc(pgd_size, GFP_KERNEL);
-
-	if (pgd)
-		memset(pgd, 0, pgd_size);
-
-	return pgd;
+	return kcalloc(USER_PTRS_PER_PGD, sizeof(pgd_t), GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
 static inline void pgd_free(pgd_t *pgd)