diff --git a/fs/ceph/dir.c b/fs/ceph/dir.c
index d6c13f9c9317..fadc243dfb28 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/dir.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ int ceph_init_dentry(struct dentry *dentry)
 	if (dentry->d_fsdata)
 		return 0;
 
-	di = kmem_cache_alloc(ceph_dentry_cachep, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
+	di = kmem_cache_zalloc(ceph_dentry_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!di)
 		return -ENOMEM;          /* oh well */
 
diff --git a/fs/ceph/file.c b/fs/ceph/file.c
index 334a75170a3b..ef38f01c1795 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/file.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/file.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static int ceph_init_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, int fmode)
 	case S_IFDIR:
 		dout("init_file %p %p 0%o (regular)\n", inode, file,
 		     inode->i_mode);
-		cf = kmem_cache_alloc(ceph_file_cachep, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
+		cf = kmem_cache_zalloc(ceph_file_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (cf == NULL) {
 			ceph_put_fmode(ceph_inode(inode), fmode); /* clean up */
 			return -ENOMEM;