diff --git a/mm/slob.c b/mm/slob.c
index 10249160b693..3451ecad8e35 100644
--- a/mm/slob.c
+++ b/mm/slob.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ static void *slob_alloc(size_t size, gfp_t gfp, int align, int node)
 		BUG_ON(!b);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&slob_lock, flags);
 	}
-	if (unlikely((gfp & __GFP_ZERO) && b))
+	if (unlikely(gfp & __GFP_ZERO))
 		memset(b, 0, size);
 	return b;
 }