diff --git a/block/deadline-iosched.c b/block/deadline-iosched.c
index 6d673e9..87ca02a 100644
--- a/block/deadline-iosched.c
+++ b/block/deadline-iosched.c
@@ -360,10 +360,9 @@
 {
 	struct deadline_data *dd;
 
-	dd = kmalloc_node(sizeof(*dd), GFP_KERNEL, q->node);
+	dd = kmalloc_node(sizeof(*dd), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, q->node);
 	if (!dd)
 		return NULL;
-	memset(dd, 0, sizeof(*dd));
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dd->fifo_list[READ]);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dd->fifo_list[WRITE]);