diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index b7b8933ec241..33c428530193 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1457,7 +1457,7 @@ static struct blk_mq_tags *blk_mq_init_rq_map(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
 
 		do {
 			page = alloc_pages_node(set->numa_node,
-				GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY,
+				GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_ZERO,
 				this_order);
 			if (page)
 				break;
@@ -1479,8 +1479,6 @@ static struct blk_mq_tags *blk_mq_init_rq_map(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
 		left -= to_do * rq_size;
 		for (j = 0; j < to_do; j++) {
 			tags->rqs[i] = p;
-			tags->rqs[i]->atomic_flags = 0;
-			tags->rqs[i]->cmd_flags = 0;
 			if (set->ops->init_request) {
 				if (set->ops->init_request(set->driver_data,
 						tags->rqs[i], hctx_idx, i,