diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index d5bbdcfd0dab..f0468e252ee4 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -4358,7 +4358,7 @@ static int cfq_init_queue(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *e)
 	if (!eq)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	cfqd = kmalloc_node(sizeof(*cfqd), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, q->node);
+	cfqd = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*cfqd), GFP_KERNEL, q->node);
 	if (!cfqd) {
 		kobject_put(&eq->kobj);
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/block/deadline-iosched.c b/block/deadline-iosched.c
index 20614a332362..9ef66406c625 100644
--- a/block/deadline-iosched.c
+++ b/block/deadline-iosched.c
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ static int deadline_init_queue(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *e)
 	if (!eq)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	dd = kmalloc_node(sizeof(*dd), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, q->node);
+	dd = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*dd), GFP_KERNEL, q->node);
 	if (!dd) {
 		kobject_put(&eq->kobj);
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 668394d18588..2bcbd8cc14d4 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ struct elevator_queue *elevator_alloc(struct request_queue *q,
 {
 	struct elevator_queue *eq;
 
-	eq = kmalloc_node(sizeof(*eq), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, q->node);
+	eq = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*eq), GFP_KERNEL, q->node);
 	if (unlikely(!eq))
 		goto err;
 
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index dadf42b454a3..791f41943132 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -1252,8 +1252,7 @@ struct gendisk *alloc_disk_node(int minors, int node_id)
 {
 	struct gendisk *disk;
 
-	disk = kmalloc_node(sizeof(struct gendisk),
-				GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, node_id);
+	disk = kzalloc_node(sizeof(struct gendisk), GFP_KERNEL, node_id);
 	if (disk) {
 		if (!init_part_stats(&disk->part0)) {
 			kfree(disk);