diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/wlan.c b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/wlan.c
index 58bbf50081e4..9eb115c79c90 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/wlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/wlan.c
@@ -1492,7 +1492,7 @@ int wilc_wlan_init(struct net_device *dev)
 	}
 
 	if (!wilc->vmm_table)
-		wilc->vmm_table = kzalloc(WILC_VMM_TBL_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+		wilc->vmm_table = kcalloc(WILC_VMM_TBL_SIZE, sizeof(u32), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (!wilc->vmm_table) {
 		ret = -ENOBUFS;