diff --git a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
index aecadd471e1d0..13e1ac333fa46 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
@@ -1899,7 +1899,7 @@ static int __init xt_init(void)
 		seqcount_init(&per_cpu(xt_recseq, i));
 	}
 
-	xt = kmalloc_array(NFPROTO_NUMPROTO, sizeof(struct xt_af), GFP_KERNEL);
+	xt = kcalloc(NFPROTO_NUMPROTO, sizeof(struct xt_af), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!xt)
 		return -ENOMEM;