diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/module.c b/arch/blackfin/kernel/module.c
index b8f4c67eb2ec..50d7fbfe1ce6 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/blackfin/kernel/module.c
@@ -98,14 +98,13 @@ module_frob_arch_sections(Elf_Ehdr * hdr, Elf_Shdr * sechdrs,
 		if (strcmp(".l1.bss", secstrings + s->sh_name) == 0 ||
 		    ((strcmp(".bss", secstrings + s->sh_name) == 0) &&
 		     (hdr->e_flags & EF_BFIN_DATA_IN_L1) && (s->sh_size > 0))) {
-			dest = l1_data_sram_alloc(s->sh_size);
+			dest = l1_data_sram_zalloc(s->sh_size);
 			mod->arch.bss_a_l1 = dest;
 			if (dest == NULL) {
 				pr_err("L1 data memory allocation failed\n",
 					mod->name);
 				return -1;
 			}
-			memset(dest, 0, s->sh_size);
 			s->sh_flags &= ~SHF_ALLOC;
 			s->sh_addr = (unsigned long)dest;
 		}
@@ -164,14 +163,13 @@ module_frob_arch_sections(Elf_Ehdr * hdr, Elf_Shdr * sechdrs,
 		if (strcmp(".l2.bss", secstrings + s->sh_name) == 0 ||
 		    ((strcmp(".bss", secstrings + s->sh_name) == 0) &&
 		     (hdr->e_flags & EF_BFIN_DATA_IN_L2) && (s->sh_size > 0))) {
-			dest = l2_sram_alloc(s->sh_size);
+			dest = l2_sram_zalloc(s->sh_size);
 			mod->arch.bss_l2 = dest;
 			if (dest == NULL) {
 				pr_err("L2 SRAM allocation failed\n",
 					mod->name);
 				return -1;
 			}
-			memset(dest, 0, s->sh_size);
 			s->sh_flags &= ~SHF_ALLOC;
 			s->sh_addr = (unsigned long)dest;
 		}