diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 3ad22870298c..6de002f7f491 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -1674,6 +1674,7 @@ int pskb_expand_head(struct sk_buff *skb, int nhead, int ntail,
 
 	if (skb_pfmemalloc(skb))
 		gfp_mask |= __GFP_MEMALLOC;
+	gfp_mask |= __GFP_ZERO;
 	data = kmalloc_reserve(size + SKB_DATA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct skb_shared_info)),
 			       gfp_mask, NUMA_NO_NODE, NULL);
 	if (!data)