diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
index 5a066fc299e17..27112b70aa7ac 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
@@ -5342,13 +5342,11 @@ static int kvm_init_subcore_bitmap(void)
 			continue;
 
 		sibling_subcore_state =
-			kmalloc_node(sizeof(struct sibling_subcore_state),
+			kzalloc_node(sizeof(struct sibling_subcore_state),
 							GFP_KERNEL, node);
 		if (!sibling_subcore_state)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
-		memset(sibling_subcore_state, 0,
-				sizeof(struct sibling_subcore_state));
 
 		for (j = 0; j < threads_per_core; j++) {
 			int cpu = first_cpu + j;