diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c b/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c
index 263fed8..f458c1f 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c
@@ -1860,7 +1860,7 @@
 	struct ecryptfs_global_auth_tok *new_auth_tok;
 	int rc = 0;
 
-	new_auth_tok = kmem_cache_alloc(ecryptfs_global_auth_tok_cache,
+	new_auth_tok = kmem_cache_zalloc(ecryptfs_global_auth_tok_cache,
 					GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!new_auth_tok) {
 		rc = -ENOMEM;