diff --git a/drivers/s390/crypto/pkey_api.c b/drivers/s390/crypto/pkey_api.c
index dd84995049b9..870e00effe43 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/crypto/pkey_api.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/pkey_api.c
@@ -1271,6 +1271,7 @@ static long pkey_unlocked_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
 			return PTR_ERR(kkey);
 		rc = pkey_keyblob2pkey(kkey, ktp.keylen, &ktp.protkey);
 		DEBUG_DBG("%s pkey_keyblob2pkey()=%d\n", __func__, rc);
+		memzero_explicit(kkey, ktp.keylen);
 		kfree(kkey);
 		if (rc)
 			break;
@@ -1404,6 +1405,7 @@ static long pkey_unlocked_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
 					kkey, ktp.keylen, &ktp.protkey);
 		DEBUG_DBG("%s pkey_keyblob2pkey2()=%d\n", __func__, rc);
 		kfree(apqns);
+		memzero_explicit(kkey, ktp.keylen);
 		kfree(kkey);
 		if (rc)
 			break;
@@ -1530,6 +1532,7 @@ static long pkey_unlocked_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
 					protkey, &protkeylen);
 		DEBUG_DBG("%s pkey_keyblob2pkey3()=%d\n", __func__, rc);
 		kfree(apqns);
+		memzero_explicit(kkey, ktp.keylen);
 		kfree(kkey);
 		if (rc) {
 			kfree(protkey);