diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c b/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
index 6ae1f56b7358ff97a36be66e07e85c4c47b6a4dd..2b4019ecd004a76b04d60642ecf25e201d3e58e9 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static int ntfs_read_ea(struct ntfs_inode *ni, struct EA_FULL **ea,
 		return -EFBIG;
 
 	/* Allocate memory for packed Ea. */
-	ea_p = kmalloc(size + add_bytes, GFP_NOFS);
+	ea_p = kmalloc(size_add(size, add_bytes), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!ea_p)
 		return -ENOMEM;