diff --git a/fs/btrfs/backref.c b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
index c1e6a5bbeeaf..58110c968667 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/backref.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
@@ -2776,20 +2776,14 @@ struct btrfs_data_container *init_data_container(u32 total_bytes)
 	size_t alloc_bytes;
 
 	alloc_bytes = max_t(size_t, total_bytes, sizeof(*data));
-	data = kvmalloc(alloc_bytes, GFP_KERNEL);
+	data = kvzalloc(alloc_bytes, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!data)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	if (total_bytes >= sizeof(*data)) {
+	if (total_bytes >= sizeof(*data))
 		data->bytes_left = total_bytes - sizeof(*data);
-		data->bytes_missing = 0;
-	} else {
+	else
 		data->bytes_missing = sizeof(*data) - total_bytes;
-		data->bytes_left = 0;
-	}
-
-	data->elem_cnt = 0;
-	data->elem_missed = 0;
 
 	return data;
 }