diff --git a/block/blk-map.c b/block/blk-map.c
index 4526adde01564..c7f71d83eff18 100644
--- a/block/blk-map.c
+++ b/block/blk-map.c
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ static struct bio *bio_copy_kern(struct request_queue *q, void *data,
 		if (bytes > len)
 			bytes = len;
 
-		page = alloc_page(GFP_NOIO | gfp_mask);
+		page = alloc_page(GFP_NOIO | __GFP_ZERO | gfp_mask);
 		if (!page)
 			goto cleanup;