diff --git a/lib/genalloc.c b/lib/genalloc.c
index 2a39bf62d8c1..c522facfa3e5 100644
--- a/lib/genalloc.c
+++ b/lib/genalloc.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ int gen_pool_add_virt(struct gen_pool *pool, unsigned long virt, phys_addr_t phy
 	int nbytes = sizeof(struct gen_pool_chunk) +
 				BITS_TO_LONGS(nbits) * sizeof(long);
 
-	chunk = kmalloc_node(nbytes, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, nid);
+	chunk = kzalloc_node(nbytes, GFP_KERNEL, nid);
 	if (unlikely(chunk == NULL))
 		return -ENOMEM;