diff --git a/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c b/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c
index 3d0a3933d199..4a3123749a62 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c
@@ -3035,7 +3035,7 @@ static u32 slic_card_locate(struct adapter *adapter)
 	}
 	if (!physcard) {
 		/* no structure allocated for this physical card yet */
-		physcard = kzalloc(sizeof(struct physcard), GFP_ATOMIC);
+		physcard = kzalloc(sizeof(*physcard), GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!physcard) {
 			if (card_hostid == SLIC_HOSTID_DEFAULT)
 				kfree(card);