diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-event.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-event.c
index 968c2eb08b5a..127fe6eb91d9 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-event.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-event.c
@@ -215,8 +215,7 @@ int v4l2_event_subscribe(struct v4l2_fh *fh,
 	if (elems < 1)
 		elems = 1;
 
-	sev = kvzalloc(sizeof(*sev) + sizeof(struct v4l2_kevent) * elems,
-		       GFP_KERNEL);
+	sev = kvzalloc(struct_size(sev, events, elems), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	for (i = 0; i < elems; i++)