diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c b/fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c
index 1424c151cccce..a88b2a4fcc851 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ static int ocfs2_map_slot_buffers(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 	trace_ocfs2_map_slot_buffers(bytes, si->si_blocks);
 
-	si->si_bh = kzalloc(sizeof(struct buffer_head *) * si->si_blocks,
+	si->si_bh = kcalloc(si->si_blocks, sizeof(struct buffer_head *),
 			    GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!si->si_bh) {
 		status = -ENOMEM;