diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
index ed08ace4f05a..647e7fde11b4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ static void iavf_print_link_message(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	speed = kcalloc(1, IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN, GFP_KERNEL);
+	speed = kzalloc(IAVF_MAX_SPEED_STRLEN, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!speed)
 		return;