diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-exynos5440.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-exynos5440.c
index 169ea3e5f777..eb8e502e11ef 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-exynos5440.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-exynos5440.c
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ static int exynos5440_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	priv = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(priv), GFP_KERNEL);
+	priv = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!priv) {
 		dev_err(dev, "could not allocate memory for private data\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;