diff --git a/mm/memfd.c b/mm/memfd.c
index 1d109c1acf21..0095b9f4fe00 100644
--- a/mm/memfd.c
+++ b/mm/memfd.c
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ struct folio *memfd_alloc_folio(struct file *memfd, pgoff_t idx)
 
 		gfp_mask = htlb_alloc_mask(h);
 		gfp_mask &= ~(__GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_MOVABLE);
+		gfp_mask |= __GFP_ZERO;
 		idx >>= huge_page_order(h);
 
 		nr_resv = hugetlb_reserve_pages(inode, idx, idx + 1, NULL, 0);