diff --git a/drivers/s390/crypto/pkey_api.c b/drivers/s390/crypto/pkey_api.c
index cf23ce1b1146..83b335f962c8 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/crypto/pkey_api.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/pkey_api.c
@@ -1286,6 +1286,7 @@ static long pkey_unlocked_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
 			return PTR_ERR(kkey);
 		rc = pkey_keyblob2pkey(kkey, ktp.keylen, &ktp.protkey);
 		DEBUG_DBG("%s pkey_keyblob2pkey()=%d\n", __func__, rc);
+		memzero_explicit(kkey, ktp.keylen);
 		kfree(kkey);
 		if (rc)
 			break;
@@ -1419,6 +1420,7 @@ static long pkey_unlocked_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
 					kkey, ktp.keylen, &ktp.protkey);
 		DEBUG_DBG("%s pkey_keyblob2pkey2()=%d\n", __func__, rc);
 		kfree(apqns);
+		memzero_explicit(kkey, ktp.keylen);
 		kfree(kkey);
 		if (rc)
 			break;
@@ -1545,6 +1547,7 @@ static long pkey_unlocked_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
 					protkey, &protkeylen);
 		DEBUG_DBG("%s pkey_keyblob2pkey3()=%d\n", __func__, rc);
 		kfree(apqns);
+		memzero_explicit(kkey, ktp.keylen);
 		kfree(kkey);
 		if (rc) {
 			kfree(protkey);