diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/file.c b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
index ab45db529c80b982c4b7b918c003e0a1ed9ad2b1..9e451a68580f6eef3ab4ba8c6eb729ae843d071b 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
@@ -1059,20 +1059,12 @@ static int reiserfs_prepare_file_region_for_write(struct inode *inode
 	   maping blocks, since there is none, so we just zero out remaining
 	   parts of first and last pages in write area (if needed) */
 	if ((pos & ~((loff_t) PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1)) > inode->i_size) {
-		if (from != 0) {	/* First page needs to be partially zeroed */
-			char *kaddr = kmap_atomic(prepared_pages[0], KM_USER0);
-			memset(kaddr, 0, from);
-			kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
-			flush_dcache_page(prepared_pages[0]);
-		}
-		if (to != PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) {	/* Last page needs to be partially zeroed */
-			char *kaddr =
-			    kmap_atomic(prepared_pages[num_pages - 1],
-					KM_USER0);
-			memset(kaddr + to, 0, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - to);
-			kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
-			flush_dcache_page(prepared_pages[num_pages - 1]);
-		}
+		if (from != 0)		/* First page needs to be partially zeroed */
+			zero_user_page(prepared_pages[0], 0, from, KM_USER0);
+
+		if (to != PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)	/* Last page needs to be partially zeroed */
+			zero_user_page(prepared_pages[num_pages-1], to,
+					PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - to, KM_USER0);
 
 		/* Since all blocks are new - use already calculated value */
 		return blocks;
@@ -1199,13 +1191,9 @@ static int reiserfs_prepare_file_region_for_write(struct inode *inode
 					ll_rw_block(READ, 1, &bh);
 					*wait_bh++ = bh;
 				} else {	/* Not mapped, zero it */
-					char *kaddr =
-					    kmap_atomic(prepared_pages[0],
-							KM_USER0);
-					memset(kaddr + block_start, 0,
-					       from - block_start);
-					kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
-					flush_dcache_page(prepared_pages[0]);
+					zero_user_page(prepared_pages[0],
+						       block_start,
+						       from - block_start, KM_USER0);
 					set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 				}
 			}
@@ -1237,13 +1225,8 @@ static int reiserfs_prepare_file_region_for_write(struct inode *inode
 					ll_rw_block(READ, 1, &bh);
 					*wait_bh++ = bh;
 				} else {	/* Not mapped, zero it */
-					char *kaddr =
-					    kmap_atomic(prepared_pages
-							[num_pages - 1],
-							KM_USER0);
-					memset(kaddr + to, 0, block_end - to);
-					kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
-					flush_dcache_page(prepared_pages[num_pages - 1]);
+					zero_user_page(prepared_pages[num_pages-1],
+							to, block_end - to, KM_USER0);
 					set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
index 9fcbfe3169776516162b7a68bfbf845975adb639..1272d11399fb26509f60eef52561b12002a8ecee 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
@@ -2148,13 +2148,8 @@ int reiserfs_truncate_file(struct inode *p_s_inode, int update_timestamps)
 		length = offset & (blocksize - 1);
 		/* if we are not on a block boundary */
 		if (length) {
-			char *kaddr;
-
 			length = blocksize - length;
-			kaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
-			memset(kaddr + offset, 0, length);
-			flush_dcache_page(page);
-			kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
+			zero_user_page(page, offset, length, KM_USER0);
 			if (buffer_mapped(bh) && bh->b_blocknr != 0) {
 				mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
 			}
@@ -2370,7 +2365,6 @@ static int reiserfs_write_full_page(struct page *page,
 	 ** last byte in the file
 	 */
 	if (page->index >= end_index) {
-		char *kaddr;
 		unsigned last_offset;
 
 		last_offset = inode->i_size & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1);
@@ -2379,10 +2373,7 @@ static int reiserfs_write_full_page(struct page *page,
 			unlock_page(page);
 			return 0;
 		}
-		kaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
-		memset(kaddr + last_offset, 0, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - last_offset);
-		flush_dcache_page(page);
-		kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
+		zero_user_page(page, last_offset, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - last_offset, KM_USER0);
 	}
 	bh = head;
 	block = page->index << (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - s->s_blocksize_bits);