diff --git a/mm/dmapool.c b/mm/dmapool.c
index 4dea2a0dbd336f9146e5cd8c5c582221ac53d512..21e6d362c72646f0e9a00b1044cecfb355efc396 100644
--- a/mm/dmapool.c
+++ b/mm/dmapool.c
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ static void pool_check_block(struct dma_pool *pool, void *retval,
 static bool pool_page_err(struct dma_pool *pool, struct dma_page *page,
 			  void *vaddr, dma_addr_t dma)
 {
+	if (want_init_on_free())
+		memset(vaddr, 0, pool->size);
 	return false;
 }
 
@@ -441,8 +443,6 @@ void dma_pool_free(struct dma_pool *pool, void *vaddr, dma_addr_t dma)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (want_init_on_free())
-		memset(vaddr, 0, pool->size);
 	if (pool_page_err(pool, page, vaddr, dma)) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
 		return;