diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/file.c b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
index 6526498..970ecd9 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
@@ -317,12 +317,11 @@
 			/* area filled with zeroes, to supply as list of zero blocknumbers
 			   We allocate it outside of loop just in case loop would spin for
 			   several iterations. */
-			char *zeros = kmalloc(to_paste * UNFM_P_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);	// We cannot insert more than MAX_ITEM_LEN bytes anyway.
+			char *zeros = kzalloc(to_paste * UNFM_P_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);	// We cannot insert more than MAX_ITEM_LEN bytes anyway.
 			if (!zeros) {
 				res = -ENOMEM;
 				goto error_exit_free_blocks;
 			}
-			memset(zeros, 0, to_paste * UNFM_P_SIZE);
 			do {
 				to_paste =
 				    min_t(__u64, hole_size,