diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index 7252dc389812..581b9dfe63f2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -589,12 +589,10 @@ static int svm_cpu_init(int cpu)
 	if (!sd)
 		return ret;
 	sd->cpu = cpu;
-	sd->save_area = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+	sd->save_area = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 	if (!sd->save_area)
 		goto free_cpu_data;
 
-	clear_page(page_address(sd->save_area));
-
 	ret = sev_cpu_init(sd);
 	if (ret)
 		goto free_save_area;