diff --git a/kernel/module/kmod.c b/kernel/module/kmod.c
index a25dccdf7aa7..c19b14c68de5 100644
--- a/kernel/module/kmod.c
+++ b/kernel/module/kmod.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static int call_modprobe(char *orig_module_name, int wait)
 	char *module_name;
 	int ret;
 
-	char **argv = kmalloc(sizeof(char *[5]), GFP_KERNEL);
+	char **argv = kmalloc_array(5, sizeof(*argv), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!argv)
 		goto out;