diff --git a/include/linux/thread_info.h b/include/linux/thread_info.h
index 905d769d8ddc..5f7eeab990fe 100644
--- a/include/linux/thread_info.h
+++ b/include/linux/thread_info.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ enum {
 #define THREAD_ALIGN	THREAD_SIZE
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE) || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK)
 # define THREADINFO_GFP		(GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT | __GFP_NOTRACK | \
 				 __GFP_ZERO)
 #else
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index e702cb9ffbd8..07cc743698d3 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -215,6 +215,10 @@ static unsigned long *alloc_thread_stack_node(struct task_struct *tsk, int node)
 		if (!s)
 			continue;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
+		/* Clear stale pointers from reused stack. */
+		memset(s->addr, 0, THREAD_SIZE);
+#endif
 		tsk->stack_vm_area = s;
 		return s->addr;
 	}