diff --git a/block/bio-integrity.c b/block/bio-integrity.c
index 8b528e12136f..741581a752c4 100644
--- a/block/bio-integrity.c
+++ b/block/bio-integrity.c
@@ -454,6 +454,7 @@ bool bio_integrity_prep(struct bio *bio)
 	unsigned long start, end;
 	unsigned int len, nr_pages;
 	unsigned int bytes, offset, i;
+	gfp_t gfp = GFP_NOIO;
 
 	if (!bi)
 		return true;
@@ -476,11 +477,19 @@ bool bio_integrity_prep(struct bio *bio)
 		if (!bi->profile->generate_fn ||
 		    !(bi->flags & BLK_INTEGRITY_GENERATE))
 			return true;
+
+		/*
+		 * Zero the memory allocated to not leak uninitialized kernel
+		 * memory to disk.  For PI this only affects the app tag, but
+		 * for non-integrity metadata it affects the entire metadata
+		 * buffer.
+		 */
+		gfp |= __GFP_ZERO;
 	}
 
 	/* Allocate kernel buffer for protection data */
 	len = bio_integrity_bytes(bi, bio_sectors(bio));
-	buf = kmalloc(len, GFP_NOIO);
+	buf = kmalloc(len, gfp);
 	if (unlikely(buf == NULL)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "could not allocate integrity buffer\n");
 		goto err_end_io;