1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp_deflate.c b/drivers/net/ppp_deflate.c
index 43583309a65d..31e9407a0739 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp_deflate.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp_deflate.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static void *z_comp_alloc(unsigned char *options, int opt_len)
 
         state->strm.next_in   = NULL;
         state->w_size         = w_size;
-        state->strm.workspace = vmalloc(zlib_deflate_workspacesize());
+        state->strm.workspace = vmalloc(zlib_deflate_workspacesize(-w_size, 8));
         if (state->strm.workspace == NULL)
                 goto out_free;