diff --git a/drivers/staging/vme/devices/vme_pio2_gpio.c b/drivers/staging/vme/devices/vme_pio2_gpio.c
index c64776f71809..da34d5529f51 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vme/devices/vme_pio2_gpio.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vme/devices/vme_pio2_gpio.c
@@ -191,11 +191,11 @@ int pio2_gpio_init(struct pio2_card *card)
 	int retval = 0;
 	char *label;
 
-	label = kmalloc(PIO2_NUM_CHANNELS, GFP_KERNEL);
+	label = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL,
+			  "%s@%s", driver_name, dev_name(&card->vdev->dev));
 	if (label == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	sprintf(label, "%s@%s", driver_name, dev_name(&card->vdev->dev));
 	card->gc.label = label;
 
 	card->gc.ngpio = PIO2_NUM_CHANNELS;