diff --git a/module/os/linux/zfs/zio_crypt.c b/module/os/linux/zfs/zio_crypt.c
index 381769eab6..50e9390965 100644
--- a/module/os/linux/zfs/zio_crypt.c
+++ b/module/os/linux/zfs/zio_crypt.c
@@ -1900,6 +1900,9 @@ zio_do_crypt_data(boolean_t encrypt, zio_crypt_key_t *key,
 	crypto_ctx_template_t tmpl;
 	uint8_t *authbuf = NULL;
 
+	memset(&puio, 0, sizeof (puio));
+	memset(&cuio, 0, sizeof (cuio));
+
 	/*
 	 * If the needed key is the current one, just use it. Otherwise we
 	 * need to generate a temporary one from the given salt + master key.
@@ -1960,9 +1963,6 @@ zio_do_crypt_data(boolean_t encrypt, zio_crypt_key_t *key,
 		/* If the hardware implementation fails fall back to software */
 	}
 
-	bzero(&puio, sizeof (zfs_uio_t));
-	bzero(&cuio, sizeof (zfs_uio_t));
-
 	/* create uios for encryption */
 	ret = zio_crypt_init_uios(encrypt, key->zk_version, ot, plainbuf,
 	    cipherbuf, datalen, byteswap, mac, &puio, &cuio, &enc_len,