diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index 8a5989d46c93..9ee25351ceca 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -1494,7 +1494,7 @@ static struct xol_area *__create_xol_area(unsigned long vaddr)
 
 	area->xol_mapping.name = "[uprobes]";
 	area->xol_mapping.pages = area->pages;
-	area->pages[0] = alloc_page(GFP_HIGHUSER);
+	area->pages[0] = alloc_page(GFP_HIGHUSER | __GFP_ZERO);
 	if (!area->pages[0])
 		goto free_bitmap;
 	area->pages[1] = NULL;