diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index 30df1b45dde8..1eaf31976702 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -1657,7 +1657,7 @@ struct bio *bio_copy_kern(struct request_queue *q, void *data, unsigned int len,
 		if (bytes > len)
 			bytes = len;
 
-		page = alloc_page(q->bounce_gfp | gfp_mask);
+		page = alloc_page(q->bounce_gfp | __GFP_ZERO | gfp_mask);
 		if (!page)
 			goto cleanup;