diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sg.c b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
index 53ae52dbff84af..c926e07aabda93 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
@@ -1850,7 +1850,7 @@ sg_build_indirect(Sg_scatter_hold * schp, Sg_fd * sfp, int buff_size)
 	int ret_sz = 0, i, k, rem_sz, num, mx_sc_elems;
 	int sg_tablesize = sfp->parentdp->sg_tablesize;
 	int blk_size = buff_size, order;
-	gfp_t gfp_mask = GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_COMP | __GFP_NOWARN;
+	gfp_t gfp_mask = GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_COMP | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_ZERO;
 	struct sg_device *sdp = sfp->parentdp;
 
 	if (blk_size < 0)
@@ -1880,9 +1880,6 @@ sg_build_indirect(Sg_scatter_hold * schp, Sg_fd * sfp, int buff_size)
 	if (sdp->device->host->unchecked_isa_dma)
 		gfp_mask |= GFP_DMA;
 
-	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) || !capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
-		gfp_mask |= __GFP_ZERO;
-
 	order = get_order(num);
 retry:
 	ret_sz = 1 << (PAGE_SHIFT + order);
@@ -1893,7 +1890,7 @@ sg_build_indirect(Sg_scatter_hold * schp, Sg_fd * sfp, int buff_size)
 		num = (rem_sz > scatter_elem_sz_prev) ?
 			scatter_elem_sz_prev : rem_sz;
 
-		schp->pages[k] = alloc_pages(gfp_mask | __GFP_ZERO, order);
+		schp->pages[k] = alloc_pages(gfp_mask, order);
 		if (!schp->pages[k])
 			goto out;