diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfspp/lib/bindings/c/hdfs.cc b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfspp/lib/bindings/c/hdfs.cc
index 7e5815d8a364a..efa4c750108b7 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfspp/lib/bindings/c/hdfs.cc
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfspp/lib/bindings/c/hdfs.cc
@@ -1395,7 +1395,7 @@ int hdfsGetBlockLocations(hdfsFS fs, const char *path, struct hdfsBlockLocations
     hdfsBlockLocations *locations = new struct hdfsBlockLocations();
     (*locations_out) = locations;
 
-    bzero(locations, sizeof(*locations));
+    explicit_bzero(locations, sizeof(*locations));
     locations->fileLength = ppLocations->getFileLength();
     locations->isLastBlockComplete = ppLocations->isLastBlockComplete();
     locations->isUnderConstruction = ppLocations->isUnderConstruction();
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfspp/tests/hdfs_ext_test.cc b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfspp/tests/hdfs_ext_test.cc
index 79771f0d7c57c..e69ddb26af4fa 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfspp/tests/hdfs_ext_test.cc
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfspp/tests/hdfs_ext_test.cc
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ TEST_F(HdfsExtTest, TestReadStats) {
   hdfsFile file = hdfsOpenFile(fs, path.c_str(), O_WRONLY, 0, 0, 0);
   EXPECT_NE(nullptr, file);
   void * buf = malloc(size);
-  bzero(buf, size);
+  explicit_bzero(buf, size);
   EXPECT_EQ(size, hdfsWrite(fs, file, buf, size));
   free(buf);
   EXPECT_EQ(0, hdfsCloseFile(fs, file));
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfspp/tests/hdfspp_mini_dfs.h b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfspp/tests/hdfspp_mini_dfs.h
index aecced1a8b6e5..98edbdc1d6501 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfspp/tests/hdfspp_mini_dfs.h
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfspp/tests/hdfspp_mini_dfs.h
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class HdfsHandle {
     hdfsFile file = hdfsOpenFile(*this, path.c_str(), O_WRONLY, 0, 0, 0);
     EXPECT_NE(nullptr, file);
     void * buf = malloc(size);
-    bzero(buf, size);
+    explicit_bzero(buf, size);
     EXPECT_EQ(1024, hdfsWrite(*this, file, buf, size));
     EXPECT_EQ(0, hdfsCloseFile(*this, file));
     free(buf);