diff --git a/src/system/kernel/slab/MemoryManager.cpp b/src/system/kernel/slab/MemoryManager.cpp
index e9df60f602..e83ec0d192 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/slab/MemoryManager.cpp
+++ b/src/system/kernel/slab/MemoryManager.cpp
@@ -603,8 +603,9 @@ MemoryManager::AllocateRaw(size_t size, uint32 flags, void*& _pages)
 			(flags & CACHE_ALIGN_ON_SIZE) != 0
 				? B_ANY_KERNEL_BLOCK_ADDRESS : B_ANY_KERNEL_ADDRESS,
 			size, B_FULL_LOCK, B_KERNEL_READ_AREA | B_KERNEL_WRITE_AREA, 0,
-			(flags & CACHE_DONT_WAIT_FOR_MEMORY) != 0
-				? CREATE_AREA_DONT_WAIT : 0);
+			((flags & CACHE_DONT_WAIT_FOR_MEMORY) != 0
+					? CREATE_AREA_DONT_WAIT : 0)
+				| CREATE_AREA_DONT_CLEAR);
 		return area >= 0 ? B_OK : area;
 	}