diff --git a/include/asm-mips/thread_info.h b/include/asm-mips/thread_info.h
index 9676e7d..9a51dfa 100644
--- a/include/asm-mips/thread_info.h
+++ b/include/asm-mips/thread_info.h
@@ -87,9 +87,8 @@
 ({								\
 	struct thread_info *ret;				\
 								\
-	ret = kmalloc(THREAD_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);			\
-	if (ret)						\
-		memset(ret, 0, THREAD_SIZE);			\
+	ret = kzalloc(THREAD_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);			\
+								\
 	ret;							\
 })
 #else