diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
index fe44de448a79e6bccc171210d3b6f9b577237a6f..cc0554031f98ca5406c2b9937fc51ab7dd87e012 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
@@ -2226,7 +2226,7 @@ static struct mlx5_flow_root_namespace
 		cmds = mlx5_fs_cmd_get_default_ipsec_fpga_cmds(table_type);
 
 	/* Create the root namespace */
-	root_ns = kvzalloc(sizeof(*root_ns), GFP_KERNEL);
+	root_ns = kzalloc(sizeof(*root_ns), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!root_ns)
 		return NULL;