diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/pxa168_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/pxa168_eth.c
index 28cb36d9e50a24a798705ded2f8eb981c9f9ac63..2404eac51c6360cacb8c7a36a1919498321ed5ec 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/pxa168_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/pxa168_eth.c
@@ -1036,8 +1036,7 @@ static int rxq_init(struct net_device *dev)
 	int rx_desc_num = pep->rx_ring_size;
 
 	/* Allocate RX skb rings */
-	pep->rx_skb = kzalloc(sizeof(*pep->rx_skb) * pep->rx_ring_size,
-			     GFP_KERNEL);
+	pep->rx_skb = kcalloc(rx_desc_num, sizeof(*pep->rx_skb), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pep->rx_skb)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1096,8 +1095,7 @@ static int txq_init(struct net_device *dev)
 	int size = 0, i = 0;
 	int tx_desc_num = pep->tx_ring_size;
 
-	pep->tx_skb = kzalloc(sizeof(*pep->tx_skb) * pep->tx_ring_size,
-			     GFP_KERNEL);
+	pep->tx_skb = kcalloc(tx_desc_num, sizeof(*pep->tx_skb), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pep->tx_skb)
 		return -ENOMEM;