diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 1de921484eacf96720ae424f02b84b83ff9dc9c5..826baf4f04bc738fdfea27f6652bc3c0bfe9969d 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -3153,7 +3153,7 @@ static void recalc_bh_state(void)
 	
 struct buffer_head *alloc_buffer_head(gfp_t gfp_flags)
 {
-	struct buffer_head *ret = kmem_cache_zalloc(bh_cachep,
+	struct buffer_head *ret = kmem_cache_alloc(bh_cachep,
 				set_migrateflags(gfp_flags, __GFP_RECLAIMABLE));
 	if (ret) {
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ret->b_assoc_buffers);
@@ -3241,12 +3241,24 @@ int bh_submit_read(struct buffer_head *bh)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bh_submit_read);
 
+static void
+init_buffer_head(struct kmem_cache *cachep, void *data)
+{
+	struct buffer_head *bh = data;
+
+	memset(bh, 0, sizeof(*bh));
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bh->b_assoc_buffers);
+}
+
 void __init buffer_init(void)
 {
 	int nrpages;
 
-	bh_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(buffer_head,
-			SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_PANIC|SLAB_MEM_SPREAD);
+	bh_cachep = kmem_cache_create("buffer_head",
+			sizeof(struct buffer_head), 0,
+				(SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_PANIC|
+				SLAB_MEM_SPREAD),
+				init_buffer_head);
 
 	/*
 	 * Limit the bh occupancy to 10% of ZONE_NORMAL