diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 6fa5302..bc3212e 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -3265,7 +3265,7 @@ static void recalc_bh_state(void)
 	
 struct buffer_head *alloc_buffer_head(gfp_t gfp_flags)
 {
-	struct buffer_head *ret = kmem_cache_alloc(bh_cachep, gfp_flags);
+	struct buffer_head *ret = kmem_cache_zalloc(bh_cachep, gfp_flags);
 	if (ret) {
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ret->b_assoc_buffers);
 		get_cpu_var(bh_accounting).nr++;
@@ -3352,15 +3352,6 @@ int bh_submit_read(struct buffer_head *bh)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bh_submit_read);
 
-static void
-init_buffer_head(void *data)
-{
-	struct buffer_head *bh = data;
-
-	memset(bh, 0, sizeof(*bh));
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bh->b_assoc_buffers);
-}
-
 void __init buffer_init(void)
 {
 	int nrpages;
@@ -3369,7 +3360,7 @@ void __init buffer_init(void)
 			sizeof(struct buffer_head), 0,
 				(SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_PANIC|
 				SLAB_MEM_SPREAD),
-				init_buffer_head);
+				NULL);
 
 	/*
 	 * Limit the bh occupancy to 10% of ZONE_NORMAL