diff --git a/arch/mips/alchemy/common/clock.c b/arch/mips/alchemy/common/clock.c
index c01be8c45271..6c8996e20a7d 100644
--- a/arch/mips/alchemy/common/clock.c
+++ b/arch/mips/alchemy/common/clock.c
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ static int __init alchemy_clk_init_fgens(int ctype)
 	}
 	id.flags = CLK_SET_RATE_PARENT | CLK_GET_RATE_NOCACHE;
 
-	a = kzalloc((sizeof(*a)) * 6, GFP_KERNEL);
+	a = kcalloc(6, sizeof(*a), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!a)
 		return -ENOMEM;