diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index 6d6d28c0a72f..99eb5048b7a8 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -2047,13 +2047,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(swapon, const char __user *, specialfile, int, swap_flags)
 		goto bad_swap;
 
 	/* OK, set up the swap map and apply the bad block list */
-	swap_map = vmalloc(maxpages);
+	swap_map = vzalloc(maxpages);
 	if (!swap_map) {
 		error = -ENOMEM;
 		goto bad_swap;
 	}
 
-	memset(swap_map, 0, maxpages);
 	nr_good_pages = maxpages - 1;	/* omit header page */
 
 	for (i = 0; i < swap_header->info.nr_badpages; i++) {