diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index d7a9bf43fb32..317b0b099405 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ static int fill_grant_buffer(struct blkfront_ring_info *rinfo, int num)
 			goto out_of_memory;
 
 		if (info->feature_persistent) {
-			granted_page = alloc_page(GFP_NOIO);
+			granted_page = alloc_page(GFP_NOIO | __GFP_ZERO);
 			if (!granted_page) {
 				kfree(gnt_list_entry);
 				goto out_of_memory;
@@ -1692,7 +1692,7 @@ static int setup_blkring(struct xenbus_device *dev,
 	for (i = 0; i < info->nr_ring_pages; i++)
 		rinfo->ring_ref[i] = GRANT_INVALID_REF;
 
-	sring = alloc_pages_exact(ring_size, GFP_NOIO);
+	sring = alloc_pages_exact(ring_size, GFP_NOIO | __GFP_ZERO);
 	if (!sring) {
 		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, -ENOMEM, "allocating shared ring");
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -2209,7 +2209,8 @@ static int blkfront_setup_indirect(struct blkfront_ring_info *rinfo)
 
 		BUG_ON(!list_empty(&rinfo->indirect_pages));
 		for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
-			struct page *indirect_page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+			struct page *indirect_page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL |
+			                                        __GFP_ZERO);
 			if (!indirect_page)
 				goto out_of_memory;
 			list_add(&indirect_page->lru, &rinfo->indirect_pages);