1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-ioctls.c b/drivers/ide/ide-ioctls.c
index 82f252c3ee6e..e246d3d3fbcc 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-ioctls.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-ioctls.c
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ static int ide_get_identity_ioctl(ide_drive_t *drive, unsigned int cmd,
                 goto out;
         }
 
-        id = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+        /* ata_id_to_hd_driveid() relies on 'id' to be fully allocated. */
+        id = kmalloc(ATA_ID_WORDS * 2, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (id == NULL) {
                 rc = -ENOMEM;
                 goto out;