diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan.c
index 78a43590e645217f6eddcffb93a11c2a2c9d7db3..0c08a9ac38ae7a22194acb9b6e05df900e48ce37 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan.c
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ static int wilc_wlan_txq_add_cfg_pkt(u8 *buffer, u32 buffer_size)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	tqe = kmalloc(sizeof(struct txq_entry_t), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	tqe = kmalloc(sizeof(*tqe), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!tqe) {
 		PRINT_ER("Failed to allocate memory\n");
 		return 0;
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ int wilc_wlan_txq_add_net_pkt(struct net_device *dev, void *priv, u8 *buffer,
 	if (p->quit)
 		return 0;
 
-	tqe = kmalloc(sizeof(struct txq_entry_t), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	tqe = kmalloc(sizeof(*tqe), GFP_ATOMIC);
 
 	if (!tqe)
 		return 0;
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ int wilc_wlan_txq_add_mgmt_pkt(struct net_device *dev, void *priv, u8 *buffer,
 	if (p->quit)
 		return 0;
 
-	tqe = kmalloc(sizeof(struct txq_entry_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+	tqe = kmalloc(sizeof(*tqe), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (!tqe)
 		return 0;