diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index 7e8b3bd59c7b..8fec1d8648f5 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -3088,7 +3088,7 @@ struct tty_struct *alloc_tty_struct(struct tty_driver *driver, int idx)
 {
 	struct tty_struct *tty;
 
-	tty = kzalloc(sizeof(*tty), GFP_KERNEL);
+	tty = kzalloc(sizeof(*tty), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
 	if (!tty)
 		return NULL;