diff --git a/mm/memfd.c b/mm/memfd.c
index 1d109c1acf21..cdef16ef1011 100644
--- a/mm/memfd.c
+++ b/mm/memfd.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ struct folio *memfd_alloc_folio(struct file *memfd, pgoff_t idx)
 						    NULL,
 						    gfp_mask);
 		if (folio) {
+			folio_zero_range(folio, 0, folio_size(folio));
 			err = hugetlb_add_to_page_cache(folio,
 							memfd->f_mapping,
 							idx);