diff --git a/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-memory.c b/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-memory.c
index b105eca3c020..cd8fcab6b054 100644
--- a/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-memory.c
+++ b/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-memory.c
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ static void __init node_mem_init(cnodeid_t node)
 	 * Allocate the node data structures on the node first.
 	 */
 	__node_data[node] = __va(slot_freepfn << PAGE_SHIFT);
+	memset(__node_data[node], 0, PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	NODE_DATA(node)->bdata = &bootmem_node_data[node];
 	NODE_DATA(node)->node_start_pfn = start_pfn;