diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c b/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
index 8f9fe1d7a690..4fe8da7fc034 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ int ni_create_attr_list(struct ntfs_inode *ni)
 	 * Skip estimating exact memory requirement.
 	 * Looks like one record_size is always enough.
 	 */
-	le = kmalloc(al_aligned(rs), GFP_NOFS);
+	le = kzalloc(al_aligned(rs), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!le)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
index 3959f23c487a..e0490f4c62b6 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
@@ -1723,6 +1723,7 @@ int ntfs_link_inode(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry)
 	if (!de)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	memset(de, 0, PATH_MAX);
 	/* Mark rw ntfs as dirty. It will be cleared at umount. */
 	ntfs_set_state(sbi, NTFS_DIRTY_DIRTY);