diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index aecd057..3deeb88 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -2898,8 +2898,9 @@
 	
 struct buffer_head *alloc_buffer_head(gfp_t gfp_flags)
 {
-	struct buffer_head *ret = kmem_cache_alloc(bh_cachep, gfp_flags);
+	struct buffer_head *ret = kmem_cache_zalloc(bh_cachep, gfp_flags);
 	if (ret) {
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ret->b_assoc_buffers);
 		get_cpu_var(bh_accounting).nr++;
 		recalc_bh_state();
 		put_cpu_var(bh_accounting);
@@ -2918,17 +2919,6 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_buffer_head);
 
-static void
-init_buffer_head(void *data, struct kmem_cache *cachep, unsigned long flags)
-{
-	if (flags & SLAB_CTOR_CONSTRUCTOR) {
-		struct buffer_head * bh = (struct buffer_head *)data;
-
-		memset(bh, 0, sizeof(*bh));
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bh->b_assoc_buffers);
-	}
-}
-
 static void buffer_exit_cpu(int cpu)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -2955,12 +2945,8 @@
 {
 	int nrpages;
 
-	bh_cachep = kmem_cache_create("buffer_head",
-					sizeof(struct buffer_head), 0,
-					(SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_PANIC|
-					SLAB_MEM_SPREAD),
-					init_buffer_head,
-					NULL);
+	bh_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(buffer_head,
+			SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_PANIC|SLAB_MEM_SPREAD);
 
 	/*
 	 * Limit the bh occupancy to 10% of ZONE_NORMAL