diff --git a/fs/fscache/cookie.c b/fs/fscache/cookie.c
index 83bfe04456b6a..b52f1dcd5dea5 100644
--- a/fs/fscache/cookie.c
+++ b/fs/fscache/cookie.c
@@ -69,19 +69,6 @@ void fscache_free_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *cookie)
 	}
 }
 
-/*
- * initialise an cookie jar slab element prior to any use
- */
-void fscache_cookie_init_once(void *_cookie)
-{
-	struct fscache_cookie *cookie = _cookie;
-
-	memset(cookie, 0, sizeof(*cookie));
-	spin_lock_init(&cookie->lock);
-	spin_lock_init(&cookie->stores_lock);
-	INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&cookie->backing_objects);
-}
-
 /*
  * Set the index key in a cookie.  The cookie struct has space for a 12-byte
  * key plus length and hash, but if that's not big enough, it's instead a
@@ -95,8 +82,6 @@ static int fscache_set_key(struct fscache_cookie *cookie,
 	u32 *buf;
 	int i;
 
-	cookie->key_len = index_key_len;
-
 	if (index_key_len > sizeof(cookie->inline_key)) {
 		buf = kzalloc(index_key_len, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!buf)
@@ -104,9 +89,6 @@ static int fscache_set_key(struct fscache_cookie *cookie,
 		cookie->key = buf;
 	} else {
 		buf = (u32 *)cookie->inline_key;
-		buf[0] = 0;
-		buf[1] = 0;
-		buf[2] = 0;
 	}
 
 	memcpy(buf, index_key, index_key_len);
@@ -161,7 +143,7 @@ struct fscache_cookie *fscache_alloc_cookie(
 	struct fscache_cookie *cookie;
 
 	/* allocate and initialise a cookie */
-	cookie = kmem_cache_alloc(fscache_cookie_jar, GFP_KERNEL);
+	cookie = kmem_cache_zalloc(fscache_cookie_jar, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cookie)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -192,6 +174,9 @@ struct fscache_cookie *fscache_alloc_cookie(
 	cookie->netfs_data	= netfs_data;
 	cookie->flags		= (1 << FSCACHE_COOKIE_NO_DATA_YET);
 	cookie->type		= def->type;
+	spin_lock_init(&cookie->lock);
+	spin_lock_init(&cookie->stores_lock);
+	INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&cookie->backing_objects);
 
 	/* radix tree insertion won't use the preallocation pool unless it's
 	 * told it may not wait */
diff --git a/fs/fscache/internal.h b/fs/fscache/internal.h
index f83328a7f0482..d6209022e9658 100644
--- a/fs/fscache/internal.h
+++ b/fs/fscache/internal.h
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ extern struct fscache_cache *fscache_select_cache_for_object(
 extern struct kmem_cache *fscache_cookie_jar;
 
 extern void fscache_free_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *);
-extern void fscache_cookie_init_once(void *);
 extern struct fscache_cookie *fscache_alloc_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *,
 						   const struct fscache_cookie_def *,
 						   const void *, size_t,
diff --git a/fs/fscache/main.c b/fs/fscache/main.c
index 7dce110bf17d0..30ad89db1efcc 100644
--- a/fs/fscache/main.c
+++ b/fs/fscache/main.c
@@ -143,9 +143,7 @@ static int __init fscache_init(void)
 
 	fscache_cookie_jar = kmem_cache_create("fscache_cookie_jar",
 					       sizeof(struct fscache_cookie),
-					       0,
-					       0,
-					       fscache_cookie_init_once);
+					       0, 0, NULL);
 	if (!fscache_cookie_jar) {
 		pr_notice("Failed to allocate a cookie jar\n");
 		ret = -ENOMEM;