diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
index 170d6e7f31d3..8be2d926acc2 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ struct xfrm_state *xfrm_state_alloc(struct net *net)
 {
 	struct xfrm_state *x;
 
-	x = kmem_cache_alloc(xfrm_state_cache, GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_ZERO);
+	x = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfrm_state_cache, GFP_ATOMIC);
 
 	if (x) {
 		write_pnet(&x->xs_net, net);