diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 0eb9894..4f5b570 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1040,12 +1040,11 @@
 	 * specific mapper. the address has already been validated, but
 	 * not unmapped, but the maps are removed from the list.
 	 */
-	vma = kmem_cache_alloc(vm_area_cachep, SLAB_KERNEL);
+	vma = kmem_cache_zalloc(vm_area_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!vma) {
 		error = -ENOMEM;
 		goto unacct_error;
 	}
-	memset(vma, 0, sizeof(*vma));
 
 	vma->vm_mm = mm;
 	vma->vm_start = addr;
@@ -1896,12 +1895,11 @@
 	/*
 	 * create a vma struct for an anonymous mapping
 	 */
-	vma = kmem_cache_alloc(vm_area_cachep, SLAB_KERNEL);
+	vma = kmem_cache_zalloc(vm_area_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!vma) {
 		vm_unacct_memory(len >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-	memset(vma, 0, sizeof(*vma));
 
 	vma->vm_mm = mm;
 	vma->vm_start = addr;