diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/sws/dr_icm_pool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/sws/dr_icm_pool.c
index 7a0a15822392..fa4d24b3dfaa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/sws/dr_icm_pool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/sws/dr_icm_pool.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ static int dr_icm_buddy_init_ste_cache(struct mlx5dr_icm_buddy_mem *buddy)
 	if (!buddy->hw_ste_arr)
 		goto free_ste_arr;
 
-	buddy->miss_list = kvmalloc(num_of_entries * sizeof(struct list_head), GFP_KERNEL);
+	buddy->miss_list = kvmalloc_array(num_of_entries, sizeof(struct list_head), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buddy->miss_list)
 		goto free_hw_ste_arr;