diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index ab3b9a7..5cbc8e6 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1915,8 +1915,6 @@ __setup("ihash_entries=", set_ihash_entries);
  */
 void __init inode_init_early(void)
 {
-	unsigned int loop;
-
 	/* If hashes are distributed across NUMA nodes, defer
 	 * hash allocation until vmalloc space is available.
 	 */
@@ -1928,20 +1926,15 @@ void __init inode_init_early(void)
 					sizeof(struct hlist_head),
 					ihash_entries,
 					14,
-					HASH_EARLY,
+					HASH_EARLY | HASH_ZERO,
 					&i_hash_shift,
 					&i_hash_mask,
 					0,
 					0);
-
-	for (loop = 0; loop < (1U << i_hash_shift); loop++)
-		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&inode_hashtable[loop]);
 }
 
 void __init inode_init(void)
 {
-	unsigned int loop;
-
 	/* inode slab cache */
 	inode_cachep = kmem_cache_create("inode_cache",
 					 sizeof(struct inode),
@@ -1959,14 +1952,11 @@ void __init inode_init(void)
 					sizeof(struct hlist_head),
 					ihash_entries,
 					14,
-					0,
+					HASH_ZERO,
 					&i_hash_shift,
 					&i_hash_mask,
 					0,
 					0);
-
-	for (loop = 0; loop < (1U << i_hash_shift); loop++)
-		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&inode_hashtable[loop]);
 }
 
 void init_special_inode(struct inode *inode, umode_t mode, dev_t rdev)