diff --git a/malloc/malloc.c b/malloc/malloc.c
index caf34843f7..9002d51d7b 100644
--- a/malloc/malloc.c
+++ b/malloc/malloc.c
@@ -413,12 +413,11 @@ void *(*__morecore)(ptrdiff_t) = __default_morecore;
    operations can continue to be used.  Support macros are used to do
    this:
 
-   void *tag_new_memset (void *ptr, int, val, size_t size)
+   void *tag_new_zero_region (void *ptr, size_t size)
 
-   Has the same interface as memset(), but additionally allocates a
-   new tag, colors the memory with that tag and returns a pointer that
-   is correctly colored for that location.  The non-tagging version
-   will simply call memset.
+   Allocates a new tag, colors the memory with that tag, zeros the
+   memory and returns a pointer that is correctly colored for that
+   location.  The non-tagging version will simply call memset with 0.
 
    void *tag_region (void *ptr, size_t size)
 
@@ -458,11 +457,11 @@ tag_region (void *ptr, size_t size)
 }
 
 static __always_inline void *
-tag_new_memset (void *ptr, int val, size_t size)
+tag_new_zero_region (void *ptr, size_t size)
 {
   if (__glibc_unlikely (mtag_enabled))
-    return __libc_mtag_memset_with_tag (__libc_mtag_new_tag (ptr), val, size);
-  return memset (ptr, val, size);
+    return __libc_mtag_tag_zero_region (__libc_mtag_new_tag (ptr), size);
+  return memset (ptr, 0, size);
 }
 
 /* Defined later.  */
@@ -3679,7 +3678,7 @@ __libc_calloc (size_t n, size_t elem_size)
      regardless of MORECORE_CLEARS, so we zero the whole block while
      doing so.  */
 #ifdef USE_MTAG
-  return tag_new_memset (mem, 0, CHUNK_AVAILABLE_SIZE (p) - CHUNK_HDR_SZ);
+  return tag_new_zero_region (mem, CHUNK_AVAILABLE_SIZE (p) - CHUNK_HDR_SZ);
 #else
   INTERNAL_SIZE_T csz = chunksize (p);
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/aarch64/Makefile b/sysdeps/aarch64/Makefile
index d3ab37a40a..259070cfad 100644
--- a/sysdeps/aarch64/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/aarch64/Makefile
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(subdir),misc)
 sysdep_headers += sys/ifunc.h
 sysdep_routines += __mtag_address_get_tag \
-		   __mtag_memset_tag \
+		   __mtag_tag_zero_region \
 		   __mtag_new_tag \
 		   __mtag_tag_region
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/aarch64/__mtag_memset_tag.S b/sysdeps/aarch64/__mtag_tag_zero_region.S
similarity index 82%
rename from sysdeps/aarch64/__mtag_memset_tag.S
rename to sysdeps/aarch64/__mtag_tag_zero_region.S
index 3c202888a4..74d398bba5 100644
--- a/sysdeps/aarch64/__mtag_memset_tag.S
+++ b/sysdeps/aarch64/__mtag_tag_zero_region.S
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
 
 #ifdef USE_MTAG
 
-/* Use the same register names and assignments as memset.  */
-#include "memset-reg.h"
-
 	.arch armv8.5-a
 	.arch_extension memtag
 
@@ -31,16 +28,15 @@
 /* FIXME: This is a minimal implementation.  We could do much better than
    this for large values of COUNT.  */
 
-ENTRY(__libc_mtag_memset_with_tag)
+#define dstin x0
+#define count x1
+#define dst   x2
 
-	and	valw, valw, 255
-	orr	valw, valw, valw, lsl 8
-	orr	valw, valw, valw, lsl 16
-	orr	val, val, val, lsl 32
-	mov	dst, dstin
+ENTRY(__libc_mtag_tag_zero_region)
 
+	mov	dst, dstin
 L(loop):
-	stgp	val, val, [dst], #16
+	stzg	dst, [dst], #16
 	subs	count, count, 16
 	bne	L(loop)
 #if 0
@@ -49,5 +45,5 @@ L(loop):
 	ldg	dstin, [dstin] // Recover the tag created (might be untagged).
 #endif
 	ret
-END (__libc_mtag_memset_with_tag)
+END (__libc_mtag_tag_zero_region)
 #endif /* USE_MTAG */
diff --git a/sysdeps/aarch64/libc-mtag.h b/sysdeps/aarch64/libc-mtag.h
index 979cbb743e..f58402ccf9 100644
--- a/sysdeps/aarch64/libc-mtag.h
+++ b/sysdeps/aarch64/libc-mtag.h
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
    void *__libc_mtag_tag_region (const void *, size_t)  */
 void *__libc_mtag_tag_region (void *, size_t);
 
-/* Optimized equivalent to __libc_mtag_tag_region followed by memset.  */
-void *__libc_mtag_memset_with_tag (void *, int, size_t);
+/* Optimized equivalent to __libc_mtag_tag_region followed by memset to 0.  */
+void *__libc_mtag_tag_zero_region (void *, size_t);
 
 /* Convert address P to a pointer that is tagged correctly for that
    location.
diff --git a/sysdeps/generic/libc-mtag.h b/sysdeps/generic/libc-mtag.h
index e8fc236b6c..4743e873f1 100644
--- a/sysdeps/generic/libc-mtag.h
+++ b/sysdeps/generic/libc-mtag.h
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ __libc_mtag_tag_region (void *p, size_t n)
   return p;
 }
 
-/* Optimized equivalent to __libc_mtag_tag_region followed by memset.  */
+/* Optimized equivalent to __libc_mtag_tag_region followed by memset to 0.  */
 static inline void *
-__libc_mtag_memset_with_tag (void *p, int c, size_t n)
+__libc_mtag_tag_zero_region (void *p, size_t n)
 {
   __libc_mtag_link_error ();
-  return memset (p, c, n);
+  return memset (p, 0, n);
 }
 
 /* Convert address P to a pointer that is tagged correctly for that
