diff --git a/net/switchdev/switchdev.c b/net/switchdev/switchdev.c
index b62565278fac..12e6b4146bfb 100644
--- a/net/switchdev/switchdev.c
+++ b/net/switchdev/switchdev.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static int switchdev_deferred_enqueue(struct net_device *dev,
 {
 	struct switchdev_deferred_item *dfitem;
 
-	dfitem = kmalloc(sizeof(*dfitem) + data_len, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	dfitem = kmalloc(struct_size(dfitem, data, data_len), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!dfitem)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	dfitem->dev = dev;