diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-stmpe.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-stmpe.c
index 8061c70c4b95a55c91b888b3605ab614cd89ebe5..b041c1768ecc28a3908d7b24614cca1c46cd7397 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-stmpe.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-stmpe.c
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ static int stmpe_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
 
-	stmpe_gpio = kzalloc(sizeof(struct stmpe_gpio), GFP_KERNEL);
+	stmpe_gpio = kzalloc(sizeof(*stmpe_gpio), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!stmpe_gpio)
 		return -ENOMEM;