diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_ring.c b/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_ring.c
index 0f2ee3373d9a39773138a974e90f36c66d14189b..db44240186e0202d249bc1cdb4f5ec06c1227675 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_ring.c
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ static struct iio_buffer *sca3000_rb_allocate(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 	struct iio_buffer *buf;
 	struct iio_hw_buffer *ring;
 
-	ring = kzalloc(sizeof *ring, GFP_KERNEL);
+	ring = kzalloc(sizeof(*ring), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ring)
 		return NULL;