diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/tlmm-test.c b/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/tlmm-test.c
index 13c417731be7..8bff92dc0d0b 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/tlmm-test.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/tlmm-test.c
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ static int tlmm_reg_base(struct device_node *tlmm, struct resource *res)
 		return count;
 	}
 
-	reg_names = kcalloc(count, sizeof(char *), GFP_KERNEL);
+	reg_names = kcalloc(count, sizeof(*reg_names), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!reg_names)
 		return -ENOMEM;