diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/adc/mxs-lradc.c b/drivers/staging/iio/adc/mxs-lradc.c
index 468327f4a7533590f1ffed2ffa2f73bd7870592f..75fcb72911f168892b3bcdef0ab486ae25146de0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/adc/mxs-lradc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/adc/mxs-lradc.c
@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ static int mxs_lradc_buffer_preenable(struct iio_dev *iio)
 	if (!ret)
 		return -EBUSY;
 
-	lradc->buffer = kmalloc(len * sizeof(*lradc->buffer), GFP_KERNEL);
+	lradc->buffer = kmalloc_array(len, sizeof(*lradc->buffer), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!lradc->buffer) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_mem;