diff --git a/net/mpls/af_mpls.c b/net/mpls/af_mpls.c
index 4f265c677eca..59cc32564d50 100644
--- a/net/mpls/af_mpls.c
+++ b/net/mpls/af_mpls.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ static struct mpls_route *mpls_rt_alloc(size_t alen)
 {
 	struct mpls_route *rt;
 
-	rt = kzalloc(GFP_KERNEL, sizeof(*rt) + alen);
+	rt = kzalloc(sizeof(*rt) + alen, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (rt)
 		rt->rt_via_alen = alen;
 	return rt;