diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
index e4780b41ae04b5708a5e5d9bc93122ed5faa455e..18f72e3d0ed6e6c8e9bb73ec8616124a2422aed4 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ int __iio_add_chan_devattr(const char *postfix,
 	int ret;
 	struct iio_dev_attr *iio_attr, *t;
 
-	iio_attr = kzalloc(sizeof *iio_attr, GFP_KERNEL);
+	iio_attr = kzalloc(sizeof(*iio_attr), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (iio_attr == NULL) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto error_ret;