diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/pci.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/pci.c
index d85e1ed7c3e4..cf9a75112d0f 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/pci.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/pci.c
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ struct pci_dev *of_create_pci_dev(struct pci_pbm_info *pbm,
 	const char *type;
 	u32 class;
 
-	dev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct pci_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
+	dev = alloc_pci_dev();
 	if (!dev)
 		return NULL;