diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 387f20d..34240e2 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -7198,6 +7198,7 @@
 	unsigned long long max = high_limit;
 	unsigned long log2qty, size;
 	void *table = NULL;
+	gfp_t gfp_flags;
 
 	/* allow the kernel cmdline to have a say */
 	if (!numentries) {
@@ -7242,12 +7243,17 @@
 
 	log2qty = ilog2(numentries);
 
+	/*
+	 * memblock allocator returns zeroed memory already, so HASH_ZERO is
+	 * currently not used when HASH_EARLY is specified.
+	 */
+	gfp_flags = (flags & HASH_ZERO) ? GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_ZERO : GFP_ATOMIC;
 	do {
 		size = bucketsize << log2qty;
 		if (flags & HASH_EARLY)
 			table = memblock_virt_alloc_nopanic(size, 0);
 		else if (hashdist)
-			table = __vmalloc(size, GFP_ATOMIC, PAGE_KERNEL);
+			table = __vmalloc(size, gfp_flags, PAGE_KERNEL);
 		else {
 			/*
 			 * If bucketsize is not a power-of-two, we may free
@@ -7255,8 +7261,8 @@
 			 * alloc_pages_exact() automatically does
 			 */
 			if (get_order(size) < MAX_ORDER) {
-				table = alloc_pages_exact(size, GFP_ATOMIC);
-				kmemleak_alloc(table, size, 1, GFP_ATOMIC);
+				table = alloc_pages_exact(size, gfp_flags);
+				kmemleak_alloc(table, size, 1, gfp_flags);
 			}
 		}
 	} while (!table && size > PAGE_SIZE && --log2qty);