diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
index 0274ac3c533b00c3f8d0a1a5c2884a07a9489053..08a95b2a2f2ed630aeac9a9318e43b5108adb01c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
@@ -1163,7 +1163,8 @@ _scsih_target_alloc(struct scsi_target *starget)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	struct sas_rphy *rphy;
 
-	sas_target_priv_data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct scsi_target), GFP_KERNEL);
+	sas_target_priv_data = kzalloc(sizeof(*sas_target_priv_data),
+				       GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sas_target_priv_data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1277,7 +1278,8 @@ _scsih_slave_alloc(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 	struct _sas_device *sas_device;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	sas_device_priv_data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct scsi_device), GFP_KERNEL);
+	sas_device_priv_data = kzalloc(sizeof(*sas_device_priv_data),
+				       GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sas_device_priv_data)
 		return -ENOMEM;