diff --git a/include/linux/thread_info.h b/include/linux/thread_info.h
index cf87c162f4eb..5e6436741f96 100644
--- a/include/linux/thread_info.h
+++ b/include/linux/thread_info.h
@@ -59,12 +59,7 @@ extern long do_no_restart_syscall(struct restart_block *parm);
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE) || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK)
-# define THREADINFO_GFP		(GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT | __GFP_NOTRACK | \
-				 __GFP_ZERO)
-#else
-# define THREADINFO_GFP		(GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT | __GFP_NOTRACK)
-#endif
+#define THREADINFO_GFP	(GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT | __GFP_NOTRACK | __GFP_ZERO)
 
 /*
  * flag set/clear/test wrappers
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index c19e6d48d57d..2c98b987808d 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -184,10 +184,9 @@ static unsigned long *alloc_thread_stack_node(struct task_struct *tsk, int node)
 			continue;
 		this_cpu_write(cached_stacks[i], NULL);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
 		/* Clear stale pointers from reused stack. */
 		memset(s->addr, 0, THREAD_SIZE);
-#endif
+
 		tsk->stack_vm_area = s;
 		local_irq_enable();
 		return s->addr;