1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/fail_function.c b/kernel/fail_function.c
index 1d5632d8bbcc..5349c91c2298 100644
--- a/kernel/fail_function.c
+++ b/kernel/fail_function.c
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ static ssize_t fei_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
         /* cut off if it is too long */
         if (count > KSYM_NAME_LEN)
                 count = KSYM_NAME_LEN;
-        buf = kmalloc(sizeof(char) * (count + 1), GFP_KERNEL);
+        buf = kmalloc(count + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!buf)
                 return -ENOMEM;