diff --git a/lib/maple_tree.c b/lib/maple_tree.c
index d5fa85bc7aab..56812db8b0ef 100644
--- a/lib/maple_tree.c
+++ b/lib/maple_tree.c
@@ -3187,7 +3187,7 @@ static void mas_wr_spanning_store(struct ma_wr_state *wr_mas)
 static inline void mas_wr_node_store(struct ma_wr_state *wr_mas)
 {
 	unsigned char dst_offset, offset_end;
-	unsigned char copy_size, node_pivots;
+	unsigned char copy_size, node_pivots, node_slots;
 	struct maple_node reuse, *newnode;
 	unsigned long *dst_pivots;
 	void __rcu **dst_slots;
@@ -3200,6 +3200,7 @@ static inline void mas_wr_node_store(struct ma_wr_state *wr_mas)
 	in_rcu = mt_in_rcu(mas->tree);
 	offset_end = wr_mas->offset_end;
 	node_pivots = mt_pivots[wr_mas->type];
+	node_slots = mt_slots[wr_mas->type];
 	/* Assume last adds an entry */
 	new_end = mas->end + 1 - offset_end + mas->offset;
 	if (mas->last == wr_mas->end_piv) {
@@ -3211,7 +3212,6 @@ static inline void mas_wr_node_store(struct ma_wr_state *wr_mas)
 	if (in_rcu) {
 		newnode = mas_pop_node(mas);
 	} else {
-		memset(&reuse, 0, sizeof(struct maple_node));
 		newnode = &reuse;
 	}
 
@@ -3255,7 +3255,21 @@ static inline void mas_wr_node_store(struct ma_wr_state *wr_mas)
 		dst_pivots[new_end] = mas->max;
 
 done:
-	mas_leaf_set_meta(newnode, maple_leaf_64, new_end);
+	if (!in_rcu && new_end + 2 < node_slots) {
+		unsigned char clear_from = new_end + 1;
+
+		/*
+		 * Note that the last slot is never cleared, since the metadata
+		 * will be stored there or it has a value.
+		 */
+		memset(dst_slots + clear_from, 0,
+		       sizeof(void __rcu *) * (node_slots - clear_from));
+		if (clear_from < node_pivots)
+			memset(dst_pivots + clear_from, 0,
+			       sizeof(unsigned long) * (node_pivots - clear_from));
+	}
+
+	mas_leaf_set_meta(newnode, wr_mas->type, new_end);
 	if (in_rcu) {
 		struct maple_enode *old_enode = mas->node;