diff --git a/net/rds/tcp.c b/net/rds/tcp.c
index 45484a93d75f..04f310255692 100644
--- a/net/rds/tcp.c
+++ b/net/rds/tcp.c
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ static int rds_tcp_conn_alloc(struct rds_connection *conn, gfp_t gfp)
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < RDS_MPATH_WORKERS; i++) {
-		tc = kmem_cache_alloc(rds_tcp_conn_slab, gfp);
+		tc = kmem_cache_zalloc(rds_tcp_conn_slab, gfp);
 		if (!tc) {
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto fail;