diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index 0b7bde73bf03..ef9145477aae 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -2202,7 +2202,8 @@ int ceph_alloc_readdir_reply_buffer(struct ceph_mds_request *req,
 	order = get_order(size * num_entries);
 	while (order >= 0) {
 		rinfo->dir_entries = (void*)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL |
-							     __GFP_NOWARN,
+							     __GFP_NOWARN |
+							     __GFP_ZERO,
 							     order);
 		if (rinfo->dir_entries)
 			break;