diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c b/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c
index b9ad0e8fcf67..390be840c764 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c
@@ -1356,8 +1356,8 @@ struct r5l_recovery_ctx {
 	u64 seq;			/* recovery position seq */
 };
 
-static int r5l_read_meta_block(struct r5l_log *log,
-			       struct r5l_recovery_ctx *ctx)
+static int r5l_recovery_read_meta_block(struct r5l_log *log,
+					struct r5l_recovery_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	struct page *page = ctx->meta_page;
 	struct r5l_meta_block *mb;
@@ -1530,7 +1530,7 @@ static void r5l_recovery_flush_log(struct r5l_log *log,
 				   struct r5l_recovery_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	while (1) {
-		if (r5l_read_meta_block(log, ctx))
+		if (r5l_recovery_read_meta_block(log, ctx))
 			return;
 		if (r5l_recovery_flush_one_meta(log, ctx))
 			return;
@@ -1539,17 +1539,16 @@ static void r5l_recovery_flush_log(struct r5l_log *log,
 	}
 }
 
-static int r5l_log_write_empty_meta_block(struct r5l_log *log, sector_t pos,
-					  u64 seq)
+static void
+r5l_recovery_create_empty_meta_block(struct r5l_log *log,
+				     struct page *page,
+				     sector_t pos, u64 seq)
 {
-	struct page *page;
 	struct r5l_meta_block *mb;
 	u32 crc;
 
-	page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
-	if (!page)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 	mb = page_address(page);
+	clear_page(mb);
 	mb->magic = cpu_to_le32(R5LOG_MAGIC);
 	mb->version = R5LOG_VERSION;
 	mb->meta_size = cpu_to_le32(sizeof(struct r5l_meta_block));
@@ -1557,7 +1556,17 @@ static int r5l_log_write_empty_meta_block(struct r5l_log *log, sector_t pos,
 	mb->position = cpu_to_le64(pos);
 	crc = crc32c_le(log->uuid_checksum, mb, PAGE_SIZE);
 	mb->checksum = cpu_to_le32(crc);
+}
 
+static int r5l_log_write_empty_meta_block(struct r5l_log *log, sector_t pos,
+					  u64 seq)
+{
+	struct page *page;
+
+	page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!page)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	r5l_recovery_create_empty_meta_block(log, page, pos, seq);
 	if (!sync_page_io(log->rdev, pos, PAGE_SIZE, page, REQ_OP_WRITE,
 			  WRITE_FUA, false)) {
 		__free_page(page);