diff --git a/drivers/staging/udlfb/udlfb.c b/drivers/staging/udlfb/udlfb.c
index 5969e848d297..fed25105970a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/udlfb/udlfb.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/udlfb/udlfb.c
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ static int dlfb_ops_open(struct fb_info *info, int user)
 
 		struct fb_deferred_io *fbdefio;
 
-		fbdefio = kmalloc(GFP_KERNEL, sizeof(struct fb_deferred_io));
+		fbdefio = kmalloc(sizeof(struct fb_deferred_io), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 		if (fbdefio) {
 			fbdefio->delay = DL_DEFIO_WRITE_DELAY;