diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/message.c b/drivers/usb/core/message.c
index 1f66dd83aa9b95695dd35534c776543d75227da4..e7ee1e451660a4c9a29cee88dc9c97f3aec534c0 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/message.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/message.c
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ int usb_sg_init(struct usb_sg_request *io, struct usb_device *dev,
 	}
 
 	/* initialize all the urbs we'll use */
-	io->urbs = kmalloc(io->entries * sizeof *io->urbs, mem_flags);
+	io->urbs = kmalloc(io->entries * sizeof(*io->urbs), mem_flags);
 	if (!io->urbs)
 		goto nomem;