diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8731.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8731.c
index eebb3280bfad..2c9f2a7005c3 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8731.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8731.c
@@ -680,8 +680,7 @@ static int wm8731_spi_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	struct wm8731_priv *wm8731;
 	int ret;
 
-	wm8731 = devm_kzalloc(&spi->dev, sizeof(struct wm8731_priv),
-			      GFP_KERNEL);
+	wm8731 = devm_kzalloc(&spi->dev, sizeof(*wm8731), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (wm8731 == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;