diff --git a/fs/fhandle.c b/fs/fhandle.c
index 6630c69c23a2..55e5ffacc0e4 100644
--- a/fs/fhandle.c
+++ b/fs/fhandle.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static long do_sys_name_to_handle(struct path *path,
 	if (f_handle.handle_bytes > MAX_HANDLE_SZ)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	handle = kmalloc(sizeof(struct file_handle) + f_handle.handle_bytes,
+	handle = kzalloc(sizeof(struct file_handle) + f_handle.handle_bytes,
 			 GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!handle)
 		return -ENOMEM;