diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 6f5f9c7323f450..35974ac696007f 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -4880,7 +4880,7 @@ static void __init wq_numa_init(void)
 	BUG_ON(!tbl);
 
 	for_each_node(node)
-		BUG_ON(!alloc_cpumask_var_node(&tbl[node], GFP_KERNEL,
+		BUG_ON(!zalloc_cpumask_var_node(&tbl[node], GFP_KERNEL,
 				node_online(node) ? node : NUMA_NO_NODE));
 
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {