diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index 992bf30..3a31204 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -604,6 +604,22 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(memset);
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * memzero_explicit - Fill a region of memory (e.g. sensitive
+ *		      keying data) with 0s.
+ * @s: Pointer to the start of the area.
+ * @count: The size of the area.
+ *
+ * memzero_explicit() doesn't need an arch-specific version as
+ * it just invokes the one of memset() implicitly.
+ */
+void memzero_explicit(void *s, size_t count)
+{
+	memset(s, 0, count);
+	OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR(s);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(memzero_explicit);
+
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCPY
 /**
  * memcpy - Copy one area of memory to another