#ifdef CONFIG_JBD2_DEBUG
        atomic_inc(&nr_journal_heads);
 #endif
-       ret = kmem_cache_alloc(jbd2_journal_head_cache, GFP_NOFS);
+       ret = kmem_cache_zalloc(jbd2_journal_head_cache, GFP_NOFS);
        if (!ret) {
                jbd_debug(1, "out of memory for journal_head\n");
                pr_notice_ratelimited("ENOMEM in %s, retrying.\n", __func__);
                while (!ret) {
                        yield();
-                       ret = kmem_cache_alloc(jbd2_journal_head_cache, GFP_NOFS);
+                       ret = kmem_cache_zalloc(jbd2_journal_head_cache, GFP_NOFS);
                }
        }
        return ret;
        struct journal_head *new_jh = NULL;
 
 repeat:
-       if (!buffer_jbd(bh)) {
+       if (!buffer_jbd(bh))
                new_jh = journal_alloc_journal_head();
-               memset(new_jh, 0, sizeof(*new_jh));
-       }
 
        jbd_lock_bh_journal_head(bh);
        if (buffer_jbd(bh)) {