diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 9efbf5b1781a..96515880b4ac 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ static struct cpufreq_policy *cpufreq_policy_alloc(unsigned int cpu)
 	if (!policy)
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&policy->cpus, GFP_KERNEL))
+	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&policy->cpus, GFP_KERNEL))
 		goto err_free_policy;
 
 	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&policy->related_cpus, GFP_KERNEL))