diff --git a/fs/coda/upcall.c b/fs/coda/upcall.c
index eb3b1898da46..610484c90260 100644
--- a/fs/coda/upcall.c
+++ b/fs/coda/upcall.c
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ static int coda_upcall(struct venus_comm *vcp,
 	sig_req = kmalloc(sizeof(struct upc_req), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sig_req) goto exit;
 
-	sig_inputArgs = kvzalloc(sizeof(struct coda_in_hdr), GFP_KERNEL);
+	sig_inputArgs = kvzalloc(sizeof(*sig_inputArgs), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sig_inputArgs) {
 		kfree(sig_req);
 		goto exit;