diff --git a/unix/fdset.go b/unix/fdset.go
index 9e83d18c..62ed1264 100644
--- a/unix/fdset.go
+++ b/unix/fdset.go
@@ -23,7 +23,5 @@ func (fds *FdSet) IsSet(fd int) bool {
 
 // Zero clears the set fds.
 func (fds *FdSet) Zero() {
-	for i := range fds.Bits {
-		fds.Bits[i] = 0
-	}
+	clear(fds.Bits[:])
 }
diff --git a/unix/ifreq_linux.go b/unix/ifreq_linux.go
index 848840ae..309f5a2b 100644
--- a/unix/ifreq_linux.go
+++ b/unix/ifreq_linux.go
@@ -111,9 +111,7 @@ func (ifr *Ifreq) SetUint32(v uint32) {
 // clear zeroes the ifreq's union field to prevent trailing garbage data from
 // being sent to the kernel if an ifreq is reused.
 func (ifr *Ifreq) clear() {
-	for i := range ifr.raw.Ifru {
-		ifr.raw.Ifru[i] = 0
-	}
+	clear(ifr.raw.Ifru[:])
 }
 
 // TODO(mdlayher): export as IfreqData? For now we can provide helpers such as
diff --git a/unix/syscall_linux.go b/unix/syscall_linux.go
index 4958a657..9439af96 100644
--- a/unix/syscall_linux.go
+++ b/unix/syscall_linux.go
@@ -801,9 +801,7 @@ func (sa *SockaddrPPPoE) sockaddr() (unsafe.Pointer, _Socklen, error) {
 	// one. The kernel expects SID to be in network byte order.
 	binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(sa.raw[6:8], sa.SID)
 	copy(sa.raw[8:14], sa.Remote)
-	for i := 14; i < 14+IFNAMSIZ; i++ {
-		sa.raw[i] = 0
-	}
+	clear(sa.raw[14 : 14+IFNAMSIZ])
 	copy(sa.raw[14:], sa.Dev)
 	return unsafe.Pointer(&sa.raw), SizeofSockaddrPPPoX, nil
 }