diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 133be5a19b92..146b1c8d7e44 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -9465,7 +9465,7 @@ static struct trace_array *trace_array_create(const char *name)
 	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&tr->tracing_cpumask, GFP_KERNEL))
 		goto out_free_tr;
 
-	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&tr->pipe_cpumask, GFP_KERNEL))
+	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&tr->pipe_cpumask, GFP_KERNEL))
 		goto out_free_tr;
 
 	tr->trace_flags = global_trace.trace_flags & ~ZEROED_TRACE_FLAGS;
@@ -10410,7 +10410,7 @@ __init static int tracer_alloc_buffers(void)
 	if (trace_create_savedcmd() < 0)
 		goto out_free_temp_buffer;
 
-	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&global_trace.pipe_cpumask, GFP_KERNEL))
+	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&global_trace.pipe_cpumask, GFP_KERNEL))
 		goto out_free_savedcmd;
 
 	/* TODO: make the number of buffers hot pluggable with CPUS */