diff --git a/mm/percpu-km.c b/mm/percpu-km.c
index 7037bc73bfa4..89633fefc6a2 100644
--- a/mm/percpu-km.c
+++ b/mm/percpu-km.c
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@
 
 static int pcpu_populate_chunk(struct pcpu_chunk *chunk, int off, int size)
 {
-	/* noop */
+	unsigned int cpu;
+
+	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
+		memset((void *)pcpu_chunk_addr(chunk, cpu, 0) + off, 0, size);
+
 	return 0;
 }