diff --git a/drivers/md/bitmap.c b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
index fc05d1205aa0..c3faa6a43de1 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
@@ -887,12 +887,10 @@ static int bitmap_init_from_disk(struct bitmap *bitmap, sector_t start)
 	if (!bitmap->filemap)
 		goto out;
 
-	bitmap->filemap_attr = kmalloc(sizeof(long) * num_pages, GFP_KERNEL);
+	bitmap->filemap_attr = kzalloc(sizeof(long) * num_pages, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!bitmap->filemap_attr)
 		goto out;
 
-	memset(bitmap->filemap_attr, 0, sizeof(long) * num_pages);
-
 	oldindex = ~0L;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < chunks; i++) {
@@ -1557,12 +1555,10 @@ int bitmap_create(mddev_t *mddev)
 
 	BUG_ON(file && mddev->bitmap_offset);
 
-	bitmap = kmalloc(sizeof(*bitmap), GFP_KERNEL);
+	bitmap = kzalloc(sizeof(*bitmap), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!bitmap)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	memset(bitmap, 0, sizeof(*bitmap));
-
 	spin_lock_init(&bitmap->lock);
 	bitmap->mddev = mddev;
 
@@ -1603,12 +1599,11 @@ int bitmap_create(mddev_t *mddev)
 #ifdef INJECT_FATAL_FAULT_1
 	bitmap->bp = NULL;
 #else
-	bitmap->bp = kmalloc(pages * sizeof(*bitmap->bp), GFP_KERNEL);
+	bitmap->bp = kzalloc(pages * sizeof(*bitmap->bp), GFP_KERNEL);
 #endif
 	err = -ENOMEM;
 	if (!bitmap->bp)
 		goto error;
-	memset(bitmap->bp, 0, pages * sizeof(*bitmap->bp));
 
 	bitmap->flags |= BITMAP_ACTIVE;
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/linear.c b/drivers/md/linear.c
index 946efef3a8f5..f46c98d05b44 100644
--- a/drivers/md/linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/linear.c
@@ -121,11 +121,10 @@ static int linear_run (mddev_t *mddev)
 	sector_t curr_offset;
 	struct list_head *tmp;
 
-	conf = kmalloc (sizeof (*conf) + mddev->raid_disks*sizeof(dev_info_t),
+	conf = kzalloc (sizeof (*conf) + mddev->raid_disks*sizeof(dev_info_t),
 			GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!conf)
 		goto out;
-	memset(conf, 0, sizeof(*conf) + mddev->raid_disks*sizeof(dev_info_t));
 	mddev->private = conf;
 
 	cnt = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index c3ac67cffe62..8c378b62a676 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -228,12 +228,10 @@ static mddev_t * mddev_find(dev_t unit)
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
 
-	new = (mddev_t *) kmalloc(sizeof(*new), GFP_KERNEL);
+	new = kzalloc(sizeof(*new), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!new)
 		return NULL;
 
-	memset(new, 0, sizeof(*new));
-
 	new->unit = unit;
 	if (MAJOR(unit) == MD_MAJOR)
 		new->md_minor = MINOR(unit);
@@ -1620,12 +1618,11 @@ static mdk_rdev_t *md_import_device(dev_t newdev, int super_format, int super_mi
 	mdk_rdev_t *rdev;
 	sector_t size;
 
-	rdev = (mdk_rdev_t *) kmalloc(sizeof(*rdev), GFP_KERNEL);
+	rdev = kzalloc(sizeof(*rdev), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!rdev) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "md: could not alloc mem for new device!\n");
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
-	memset(rdev, 0, sizeof(*rdev));
 
 	if ((err = alloc_disk_sb(rdev)))
 		goto abort_free;
@@ -3505,11 +3502,10 @@ mdk_thread_t *md_register_thread(void (*run) (mddev_t *), mddev_t *mddev,
 {
 	mdk_thread_t *thread;
 
-	thread = kmalloc(sizeof(mdk_thread_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+	thread = kzalloc(sizeof(mdk_thread_t), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!thread)
 		return NULL;
 
-	memset(thread, 0, sizeof(mdk_thread_t));
 	init_waitqueue_head(&thread->wqueue);
 
 	thread->run = run;
diff --git a/drivers/md/multipath.c b/drivers/md/multipath.c
index 145cdc5ad008..97a56aaaef6d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/multipath.c
@@ -41,9 +41,7 @@ static mdk_personality_t multipath_personality;
 static void *mp_pool_alloc(gfp_t gfp_flags, void *data)
 {
 	struct multipath_bh *mpb;
-	mpb = kmalloc(sizeof(*mpb), gfp_flags);
-	if (mpb) 
-		memset(mpb, 0, sizeof(*mpb));
+	mpb = kzalloc(sizeof(*mpb), gfp_flags);
 	return mpb;
 }
 
@@ -444,7 +442,7 @@ static int multipath_run (mddev_t *mddev)
 	 * should be freed in multipath_stop()]
 	 */
 
-	conf = kmalloc(sizeof(multipath_conf_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+	conf = kzalloc(sizeof(multipath_conf_t), GFP_KERNEL);
 	mddev->private = conf;
 	if (!conf) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR 
@@ -452,9 +450,8 @@ static int multipath_run (mddev_t *mddev)
 			mdname(mddev));
 		goto out;
 	}
-	memset(conf, 0, sizeof(*conf));
 
-	conf->multipaths = kmalloc(sizeof(struct multipath_info)*mddev->raid_disks,
+	conf->multipaths = kzalloc(sizeof(struct multipath_info)*mddev->raid_disks,
 				   GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!conf->multipaths) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR 
@@ -462,7 +459,6 @@ static int multipath_run (mddev_t *mddev)
 			mdname(mddev));
 		goto out_free_conf;
 	}
-	memset(conf->multipaths, 0, sizeof(struct multipath_info)*mddev->raid_disks);
 
 	conf->working_disks = 0;
 	ITERATE_RDEV(mddev,rdev,tmp) {
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid0.c b/drivers/md/raid0.c
index a2c2e184c0ac..b4eaa67fabde 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid0.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid0.c
@@ -113,21 +113,16 @@ static int create_strip_zones (mddev_t *mddev)
 	}
 	printk("raid0: FINAL %d zones\n", conf->nr_strip_zones);
 
-	conf->strip_zone = kmalloc(sizeof(struct strip_zone)*
+	conf->strip_zone = kzalloc(sizeof(struct strip_zone)*
 				conf->nr_strip_zones, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!conf->strip_zone)
 		return 1;
-	conf->devlist = kmalloc(sizeof(mdk_rdev_t*)*
+	conf->devlist = kzalloc(sizeof(mdk_rdev_t*)*
 				conf->nr_strip_zones*mddev->raid_disks,
 				GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!conf->devlist)
 		return 1;
 
-	memset(conf->strip_zone, 0,sizeof(struct strip_zone)*
-				   conf->nr_strip_zones);
-	memset(conf->devlist, 0,
-	       sizeof(mdk_rdev_t*) * conf->nr_strip_zones * mddev->raid_disks);
-
 	/* The first zone must contain all devices, so here we check that
 	 * there is a proper alignment of slots to devices and find them all
 	 */
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index bbe0b817572b..c42ef1c99fa0 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -61,10 +61,8 @@ static void * r1bio_pool_alloc(gfp_t gfp_flags, void *data)
 	int size = offsetof(r1bio_t, bios[pi->raid_disks]);
 
 	/* allocate a r1bio with room for raid_disks entries in the bios array */
-	r1_bio = kmalloc(size, gfp_flags);
-	if (r1_bio)
-		memset(r1_bio, 0, size);
-	else
+	r1_bio = kzalloc(size, gfp_flags);
+	if (!r1_bio)
 		unplug_slaves(pi->mddev);
 
 	return r1_bio;
@@ -711,13 +709,11 @@ static struct page **alloc_behind_pages(struct bio *bio)
 {
 	int i;
 	struct bio_vec *bvec;
-	struct page **pages = kmalloc(bio->bi_vcnt * sizeof(struct page *),
+	struct page **pages = kzalloc(bio->bi_vcnt * sizeof(struct page *),
 					GFP_NOIO);
 	if (unlikely(!pages))
 		goto do_sync_io;
 
-	memset(pages, 0, bio->bi_vcnt * sizeof(struct page *));
-
 	bio_for_each_segment(bvec, bio, i) {
 		pages[i] = alloc_page(GFP_NOIO);
 		if (unlikely(!pages[i]))
@@ -1770,19 +1766,16 @@ static int run(mddev_t *mddev)
 	 * bookkeeping area. [whatever we allocate in run(),
 	 * should be freed in stop()]
 	 */
-	conf = kmalloc(sizeof(conf_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+	conf = kzalloc(sizeof(conf_t), GFP_KERNEL);
 	mddev->private = conf;
 	if (!conf)
 		goto out_no_mem;
 
-	memset(conf, 0, sizeof(*conf));
-	conf->mirrors = kmalloc(sizeof(struct mirror_info)*mddev->raid_disks, 
+	conf->mirrors = kzalloc(sizeof(struct mirror_info)*mddev->raid_disks,
 				 GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!conf->mirrors)
 		goto out_no_mem;
 
-	memset(conf->mirrors, 0, sizeof(struct mirror_info)*mddev->raid_disks);
-
 	conf->tmppage = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!conf->tmppage)
 		goto out_no_mem;
@@ -1992,13 +1985,12 @@ static int raid1_reshape(mddev_t *mddev, int raid_disks)
 		kfree(newpoolinfo);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-	newmirrors = kmalloc(sizeof(struct mirror_info) * raid_disks, GFP_KERNEL);
+	newmirrors = kzalloc(sizeof(struct mirror_info) * raid_disks, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!newmirrors) {
 		kfree(newpoolinfo);
 		mempool_destroy(newpool);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-	memset(newmirrors, 0, sizeof(struct mirror_info)*raid_disks);
 
 	raise_barrier(conf);
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index ce729d6daf78..254b50e32135 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -59,10 +59,8 @@ static void * r10bio_pool_alloc(gfp_t gfp_flags, void *data)
 	int size = offsetof(struct r10bio_s, devs[conf->copies]);
 
 	/* allocate a r10bio with room for raid_disks entries in the bios array */
-	r10_bio = kmalloc(size, gfp_flags);
-	if (r10_bio)
-		memset(r10_bio, 0, size);
-	else
+	r10_bio = kzalloc(size, gfp_flags);
+	if (!r10_bio)
 		unplug_slaves(conf->mddev);
 
 	return r10_bio;
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index ec5186fd510a..9fc50487e2ed 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -1827,12 +1827,12 @@ static int run(mddev_t *mddev)
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
-	mddev->private = kmalloc (sizeof (raid5_conf_t)
-				  + mddev->raid_disks * sizeof(struct disk_info),
-				  GFP_KERNEL);
+	mddev->private = kzalloc(sizeof (raid5_conf_t)
+				 + mddev->raid_disks * sizeof(struct disk_info),
+				 GFP_KERNEL);
 	if ((conf = mddev->private) == NULL)
 		goto abort;
-	memset (conf, 0, sizeof (*conf) + mddev->raid_disks * sizeof(struct disk_info) );
+
 	conf->mddev = mddev;
 
 	if ((conf->stripe_hashtbl = (struct stripe_head **) __get_free_pages(GFP_ATOMIC, HASH_PAGES_ORDER)) == NULL)