diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-input.c b/drivers/hid/hid-input.c
index d50e7313b171e4e9bd732cbee40a1a5cd5e501b5..a713e6211419c880ddd0a39597b78f16ad84919a 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-input.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-input.c
@@ -1178,7 +1178,7 @@ static void hidinput_led_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	/* fall back to generic raw-output-report */
 	len = ((report->size - 1) >> 3) + 1 + (report->id > 0);
-	buf = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	buf = hid_alloc_report_buf(report, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf)
 		return;
 
diff --git a/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid.c b/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid.c
index e914f27554913ab08c903be673a5c641731058b6..ce68a120ba26a628b595d75cbaf15ddfa99f5b63 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid.c
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ static void i2c_hid_request(struct hid_device *hid, struct hid_report *rep,
 	int ret;
 	int len = i2c_hid_get_report_length(rep) - 2;
 
-	buf = kzalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	buf = hid_alloc_report_buf(rep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf)
 		return;