diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 6582b82fa966..accfd241b9e5 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -1518,9 +1518,8 @@ static int init_timers_cpu(int cpu)
 			/*
 			 * The APs use this path later in boot
 			 */
-			base = kmalloc_node(sizeof(*base),
-						GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO,
-						cpu_to_node(cpu));
+			base = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*base), GFP_KERNEL,
+					    cpu_to_node(cpu));
 			if (!base)
 				return -ENOMEM;