diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c b/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c
--- a/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ static int ocfs2_add_recovery_chunk(struct super_block *sb,
 	if (!rc)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	rc->rc_chunk = chunk;
-	rc->rc_bitmap = kmalloc(sb->s_blocksize, GFP_NOFS);
+	rc->rc_bitmap = kzalloc(sb->s_blocksize, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!rc->rc_bitmap) {
 		kfree(rc);
 		return -ENOMEM;