diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c09a0fd8881d..0ebc3811d66d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3c29e03d9121e07714fb9e5303d9b026800ffd5a
+refs/heads/master: 2860aaba4dc87fa43c08724434b87a8650f3bff5
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/rcutorture.c b/trunk/kernel/rcutorture.c
index 021d3108bb6e..42e7f01e8003 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/rcutorture.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/rcutorture.c
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ rcu_torture_init(void)
 		writer_task = NULL;
 		goto unwind;
 	}
-	reader_tasks = kmalloc(nrealreaders * sizeof(reader_tasks[0]),
+	reader_tasks = kzalloc(nrealreaders * sizeof(reader_tasks[0]),
 			       GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (reader_tasks == NULL) {
 		VERBOSE_PRINTK_ERRSTRING("out of memory");