diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/stat.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/stat.h
index e0b1d9bbcbc6..7b3ddc348585 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/stat.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/stat.h
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ struct stat {
 	unsigned long  __unused5;
 };
 
+/* We don't need to memset the whole thing just to initialize the padding */
+#define INIT_STRUCT_STAT_PADDING(st) do {	\
+	st.__unused4 = 0;			\
+	st.__unused5 = 0;			\
+} while (0)
+
 #define STAT64_HAS_BROKEN_ST_INO	1
 
 /* This matches struct stat64 in glibc2.1, hence the absolutely
@@ -63,6 +69,12 @@ struct stat64 {
 	unsigned long long	st_ino;
 };
 
+/* We don't need to memset the whole thing just to initialize the padding */
+#define INIT_STRUCT_STAT64_PADDING(st) do {		\
+	memset(&st.__pad0, 0, sizeof(st.__pad0));	\
+	memset(&st.__pad3, 0, sizeof(st.__pad3));	\
+} while (0)
+
 #else /* __i386__ */
 
 struct stat {
@@ -87,6 +99,15 @@ struct stat {
 	unsigned long   st_ctime_nsec;
 	long		__unused[3];
 };
+
+/* We don't need to memset the whole thing just to initialize the padding */
+#define INIT_STRUCT_STAT_PADDING(st) do {	\
+	st.__pad0 = 0;				\
+	st.__unused[0] = 0;			\
+	st.__unused[1] = 0;			\
+	st.__unused[2] = 0;			\
+} while (0)
+
 #endif
 
 /* for 32bit emulation and 32 bit kernels */
diff --git a/fs/stat.c b/fs/stat.c
index c733dc5753ae..b30ac60291e2 100644
--- a/fs/stat.c
+++ b/fs/stat.c
@@ -190,24 +190,32 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(fstat, unsigned int, fd, struct __old_kernel_stat __user *, stat
 
 #endif /* __ARCH_WANT_OLD_STAT */
 
+#if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
+#  define choose_32_64(a,b) a
+#else
+#  define choose_32_64(a,b) b
+#endif
+
+#define valid_dev(x)  choose_32_64(old_valid_dev,new_valid_dev)(x)
+#define encode_dev(x) choose_32_64(old_encode_dev,new_encode_dev)(x)
+
+#ifndef INIT_STRUCT_STAT_PADDING
+#  define INIT_STRUCT_STAT_PADDING(st) memset(&st, 0, sizeof(st))
+#endif
+
 static int cp_new_stat(struct kstat *stat, struct stat __user *statbuf)
 {
 	struct stat tmp;
 
-#if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
-	if (!old_valid_dev(stat->dev) || !old_valid_dev(stat->rdev))
+	if (!valid_dev(stat->dev) || !valid_dev(stat->rdev))
 		return -EOVERFLOW;
-#else
-	if (!new_valid_dev(stat->dev) || !new_valid_dev(stat->rdev))
+#if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
+	if (stat->size > MAX_NON_LFS)
 		return -EOVERFLOW;
 #endif
 
-	memset(&tmp, 0, sizeof(tmp));
-#if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
-	tmp.st_dev = old_encode_dev(stat->dev);
-#else
-	tmp.st_dev = new_encode_dev(stat->dev);
-#endif
+	INIT_STRUCT_STAT_PADDING(tmp);
+	tmp.st_dev = encode_dev(stat->dev);
 	tmp.st_ino = stat->ino;
 	if (sizeof(tmp.st_ino) < sizeof(stat->ino) && tmp.st_ino != stat->ino)
 		return -EOVERFLOW;
@@ -217,15 +225,7 @@ static int cp_new_stat(struct kstat *stat, struct stat __user *statbuf)
 		return -EOVERFLOW;
 	SET_UID(tmp.st_uid, stat->uid);
 	SET_GID(tmp.st_gid, stat->gid);
-#if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
-	tmp.st_rdev = old_encode_dev(stat->rdev);
-#else
-	tmp.st_rdev = new_encode_dev(stat->rdev);
-#endif
-#if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
-	if (stat->size > MAX_NON_LFS)
-		return -EOVERFLOW;
-#endif	
+	tmp.st_rdev = encode_dev(stat->rdev);
 	tmp.st_size = stat->size;
 	tmp.st_atime = stat->atime.tv_sec;
 	tmp.st_mtime = stat->mtime.tv_sec;
@@ -327,11 +327,15 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(readlink, const char __user *, path, char __user *, buf,
 /* ---------- LFS-64 ----------- */
 #ifdef __ARCH_WANT_STAT64
 
+#ifndef INIT_STRUCT_STAT64_PADDING
+#  define INIT_STRUCT_STAT64_PADDING(st) memset(&st, 0, sizeof(st))
+#endif
+
 static long cp_new_stat64(struct kstat *stat, struct stat64 __user *statbuf)
 {
 	struct stat64 tmp;
 
-	memset(&tmp, 0, sizeof(struct stat64));
+	INIT_STRUCT_STAT64_PADDING(tmp);
 #ifdef CONFIG_MIPS
 	/* mips has weird padding, so we don't get 64 bits there */
 	if (!new_valid_dev(stat->dev) || !new_valid_dev(stat->rdev))