diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 9001aaf3b7b9..40bcaac105f4 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -4067,6 +4067,7 @@ static int shmem_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			goto out_remove_offset;
 		inode->i_op = &shmem_symlink_inode_operations;
 		memcpy(folio_address(folio), symname, len);
+		folio_zero_range(folio, len, folio_size(folio) - len);
 		folio_mark_uptodate(folio);
 		folio_mark_dirty(folio);
 		folio_unlock(folio);