diff --git a/kernel/profile.c b/kernel/profile.c
index 8a77769bc4b4..37f30292b626 100644
--- a/kernel/profile.c
+++ b/kernel/profile.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ int __ref profile_init(void)
 
 	buffer_bytes = prof_len*sizeof(atomic_t);
 
-	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&prof_cpu_mask, GFP_KERNEL))
+	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&prof_cpu_mask, GFP_KERNEL))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	cpumask_copy(prof_cpu_mask, cpu_possible_mask);