diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan.c
index f1bb8affec5b48f12d4dea7ac19b6385a03cae3a..c4118fedfb7008811707ea276dfb237ba1557713 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan.c
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ static void wilc_wlan_handle_isr_ext(struct wilc *wilc, u32 int_status)
 			offset += size;
 			p->rx_buffer_offset = offset;
 #endif
-			rqe = kmalloc(sizeof(struct rxq_entry_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+			rqe = kmalloc(sizeof(*rqe), GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (rqe) {
 				rqe->buffer = buffer;
 				rqe->buffer_size = size;