diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index cc0e1519da45..db3788d17ba0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ static unsigned long *gpiochip_allocate_mask(struct gpio_chip *chip)
 {
 	unsigned long *p;
 
-	p = kcalloc(BITS_TO_LONGS(chip->ngpio), sizeof(long), GFP_KERNEL);
+	p = kmalloc_array(BITS_TO_LONGS(chip->ngpio), sizeof(*p), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!p)
 		return NULL;