diff --git a/crypto/deflate.c b/crypto/deflate.c
index 463dc859aa059d6e5f593e6db437e93025974c18..cbc7a33a9600c2b1cb9e9bdc161f3586229b85d1 100644
--- a/crypto/deflate.c
+++ b/crypto/deflate.c
@@ -48,12 +48,11 @@ static int deflate_comp_init(struct deflate_ctx *ctx)
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct z_stream_s *stream = &ctx->comp_stream;
 
-	stream->workspace = vmalloc(zlib_deflate_workspacesize());
+	stream->workspace = vzalloc(zlib_deflate_workspacesize());
 	if (!stream->workspace) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	memset(stream->workspace, 0, zlib_deflate_workspacesize());
 	ret = zlib_deflateInit2(stream, DEFLATE_DEF_LEVEL, Z_DEFLATED,
 	                        -DEFLATE_DEF_WINBITS, DEFLATE_DEF_MEMLEVEL,
 	                        Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY);
diff --git a/crypto/zlib.c b/crypto/zlib.c
index c3015733c9909cbf90554477a79430b1a31ab286..739b8fca4cea518777f569372ded2e0b751dcd49 100644
--- a/crypto/zlib.c
+++ b/crypto/zlib.c
@@ -95,11 +95,10 @@ static int zlib_compress_setup(struct crypto_pcomp *tfm, void *params,
 	zlib_comp_exit(ctx);
 
 	workspacesize = zlib_deflate_workspacesize();
-	stream->workspace = vmalloc(workspacesize);
+	stream->workspace = vzalloc(workspacesize);
 	if (!stream->workspace)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	memset(stream->workspace, 0, workspacesize);
 	ret = zlib_deflateInit2(stream,
 				tb[ZLIB_COMP_LEVEL]
 					? nla_get_u32(tb[ZLIB_COMP_LEVEL])