diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_carveout_heap.c b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_carveout_heap.c
index 7c947f23a705..1fb0d81556da 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_carveout_heap.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_carveout_heap.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ struct ion_heap *ion_carveout_heap_create(struct ion_platform_heap *heap_data)
 	if (ret)
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 
-	carveout_heap = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ion_carveout_heap), GFP_KERNEL);
+	carveout_heap = kzalloc(sizeof(*carveout_heap), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!carveout_heap)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);