diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
index 69ccf486d4faec2be7eacf8dfc7bd6400ac7980c..9cf181f839fd3dcda71aa32f6a4476846a2e4287 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static struct stmmac_axi *stmmac_axi_setup(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!np)
 		return NULL;
 
-	axi = kzalloc(sizeof(axi), GFP_KERNEL);
+	axi = kzalloc(sizeof(*axi), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!axi)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);