diff --git a/include/linux/mempool.h b/include/linux/mempool.h
index d23dbf0..41570ce 100644
--- a/include/linux/mempool.h
+++ b/include/linux/mempool.h
@@ -39,16 +39,22 @@
 void mempool_free_slab(void *element, void *pool_data);
 
 /*
- * A mempool_alloc_t and mempool_free_t to kmalloc the amount of memory
- * specified by pool_data
+ * 2 mempool_alloc_t's and a mempool_free_t to kmalloc/kzalloc and kfree
+ * the amount of memory specified by pool_data
  */
 void *mempool_kmalloc(gfp_t gfp_mask, void *pool_data);
+void *mempool_kzalloc(gfp_t gfp_mask, void *pool_data);
 void mempool_kfree(void *element, void *pool_data);
 static inline mempool_t *mempool_create_kmalloc_pool(int min_nr, size_t size)
 {
 	return mempool_create(min_nr, mempool_kmalloc, mempool_kfree,
 			      (void *) size);
 }
+static inline mempool_t *mempool_create_kzalloc_pool(int min_nr, size_t size)
+{
+	return mempool_create(min_nr, mempool_kzalloc, mempool_kfree,
+			      (void *) size);
+}
 
 /*
  * A mempool_alloc_t and mempool_free_t for a simple page allocator that