diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/lscsa_alloc.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/lscsa_alloc.c
index a101abf17504..3b894f585280 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/lscsa_alloc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/lscsa_alloc.c
@@ -36,10 +36,9 @@ static int spu_alloc_lscsa_std(struct spu_state *csa)
 	struct spu_lscsa *lscsa;
 	unsigned char *p;
 
-	lscsa = vmalloc(sizeof(struct spu_lscsa));
+	lscsa = vzalloc(sizeof(struct spu_lscsa));
 	if (!lscsa)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	memset(lscsa, 0, sizeof(struct spu_lscsa));
 	csa->lscsa = lscsa;
 
 	/* Set LS pages reserved to allow for user-space mapping. */