diff --git a/drivers/staging/usbip/stub_tx.c b/drivers/staging/usbip/stub_tx.c
index 38fe551650c2..dbcabc9dbe0d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/usbip/stub_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/usbip/stub_tx.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static int stub_send_ret_submit(struct stub_device *sdev)
 		else
 			iovnum = 2;
 
-		iov = kzalloc(iovnum * sizeof(struct kvec), GFP_KERNEL);
+		iov = kcalloc(iovnum, sizeof(struct kvec), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 		if (!iov) {
 			usbip_event_add(&sdev->ud, SDEV_EVENT_ERROR_MALLOC);