diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c
index b6cdf84f86dd..5bc965186f8c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ static int dpaa2_eth_build_sg_fd(struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv,
 	if (unlikely(PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(struct scatterlist) < nr_frags + 1))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	scl = kcalloc(nr_frags + 1, sizeof(struct scatterlist), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	scl = kmalloc_array(nr_frags + 1, sizeof(struct scatterlist), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (unlikely(!scl))
 		return -ENOMEM;