diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
index 4409d2cccfda..e8453de7a964 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
@@ -731,7 +731,8 @@ void reserve_lbr_buffers(void)
 		if (!kmem_cache || cpuc->lbr_xsave)
 			continue;
 
-		cpuc->lbr_xsave = kmem_cache_alloc_node(kmem_cache, GFP_KERNEL,
+		cpuc->lbr_xsave = kmem_cache_alloc_node(kmem_cache,
+							GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO,
 							cpu_to_node(cpu));
 	}
 }