diff --git a/mm/dmapool.c b/mm/dmapool.c
index 4b657099111f8ab2f92f2c5c870c7a2b33e4231b..71a8998cd03a6b8b0d2dbfe36a24ce70766047e8 100644
--- a/mm/dmapool.c
+++ b/mm/dmapool.c
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ void *dma_pool_alloc(struct dma_pool *pool, gfp_t mem_flags,
 	/* pool_alloc_page() might sleep, so temporarily drop &pool->lock */
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
 
-	page = pool_alloc_page(pool, mem_flags);
+	page = pool_alloc_page(pool, mem_flags & (~__GFP_ZERO));
 	if (!page)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -375,9 +375,14 @@ void *dma_pool_alloc(struct dma_pool *pool, gfp_t mem_flags,
 			break;
 		}
 	}
-	memset(retval, POOL_POISON_ALLOCATED, pool->size);
+	if (!(mem_flags & __GFP_ZERO))
+		memset(retval, POOL_POISON_ALLOCATED, pool->size);
 #endif
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
+
+	if (mem_flags & __GFP_ZERO)
+		memset(retval, 0, pool->size);
+
 	return retval;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dma_pool_alloc);