diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
index 34f2f0ba409b..3907202fb9d9 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
@@ -52,9 +52,10 @@ static struct drbd_request *drbd_req_new(struct drbd_device *device,
 {
 	struct drbd_request *req;
 
-	req = mempool_alloc(drbd_request_mempool, GFP_NOIO | __GFP_ZERO);
+	req = mempool_alloc(drbd_request_mempool, GFP_NOIO);
 	if (!req)
 		return NULL;
+	memset(req, 0, sizeof(*req));
 
 	drbd_req_make_private_bio(req, bio_src);
 	req->rq_state    = bio_data_dir(bio_src) == WRITE ? RQ_WRITE : 0;