diff --git a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/efivar.c b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/efivar.c
index 7dc5bae220e08539ee6da40316262be5dc6052e5..e569f9f456c5b5f6c201aaa0b3cb52625e0539be 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/efivar.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/efivar.c
@@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ static int read_efi_var(const char *name, unsigned long *size,
 	if (!efi_enabled(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	uni_name = kzalloc(sizeof(efi_char16_t) * (strlen(name) + 1),
-			   GFP_KERNEL);
+	uni_name = kcalloc(strlen(name) + 1, sizeof(efi_char16_t), GFP_KERNEL);
 	temp_buffer = kzalloc(EFI_DATA_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (!uni_name || !temp_buffer) {