diff --git a/drivers/mfd/ab8500-debugfs.c b/drivers/mfd/ab8500-debugfs.c
index cbebbd7e7b409bcca207f865f997e13359802b88..b3fb65354567b7c9427445f6bee5ec6131efd060 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/ab8500-debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/ab8500-debugfs.c
@@ -1567,7 +1567,7 @@ static int ab8500_debug_probe(struct platform_device *plf)
 	ab8500 = dev_get_drvdata(plf->dev.parent);
 	num_irqs = ab8500->mask_size;
 
-	irq_count = kzalloc(sizeof(irq_count)*num_irqs, GFP_KERNEL);
+	irq_count = kzalloc(sizeof(*irq_count)*num_irqs, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!irq_count)
 		return -ENOMEM;