diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 06ce8e8..e41be18 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -477,13 +477,12 @@
 
 	/* account possible depth increase */
 	if (!path) {
-		path = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ext4_ext_path) * (depth + 2),
+		path = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ext4_ext_path) * (depth + 2),
 				GFP_NOFS);
 		if (!path)
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 		alloc = 1;
 	}
-	memset(path, 0, sizeof(struct ext4_ext_path) * (depth + 1));
 	path[0].p_hdr = eh;
 
 	/* walk through the tree */
@@ -643,10 +642,9 @@
 	 * We need this to handle errors and free blocks
 	 * upon them.
 	 */
-	ablocks = kmalloc(sizeof(ext4_fsblk_t) * depth, GFP_NOFS);
+	ablocks = kzalloc(sizeof(ext4_fsblk_t) * depth, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!ablocks)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	memset(ablocks, 0, sizeof(ext4_fsblk_t) * depth);
 
 	/* allocate all needed blocks */
 	ext_debug("allocate %d blocks for indexes/leaf\n", depth - at);
@@ -1773,12 +1771,11 @@
 	 * We start scanning from right side, freeing all the blocks
 	 * after i_size and walking into the tree depth-wise.
 	 */
-	path = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ext4_ext_path) * (depth + 1), GFP_KERNEL);
+	path = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ext4_ext_path) * (depth + 1), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (path == NULL) {
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-	memset(path, 0, sizeof(struct ext4_ext_path) * (depth + 1));
 	path[0].p_hdr = ext_inode_hdr(inode);
 	if (ext4_ext_check_header(__FUNCTION__, inode, path[0].p_hdr)) {
 		err = -EIO;