diff --git a/drivers/staging/netlogic/xlr_net.c b/drivers/staging/netlogic/xlr_net.c
index e8aae09d16242b9fe08fc0ddec58372a67d9709d..8ae01753b011a39cd015f9e050eebd3f9cbc17ef 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/netlogic/xlr_net.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/netlogic/xlr_net.c
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ static int xlr_net_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	 * Allocate our adapter data structure and attach it to the device.
 	 */
 	adapter = (struct xlr_adapter *)
-		devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(adapter), GFP_KERNEL);
+		devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*adapter), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!adapter) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		return err;