diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc_hash.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc_hash.c
index 3f94b620ef5a..ae34746341c4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc_hash.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc_hash.c
@@ -1914,8 +1914,8 @@ int rvu_npc_exact_init(struct rvu *rvu)
 	dev_dbg(rvu->dev, "%s: Allocated bitmap for 32 entry cam\n", __func__);
 
 	table->tot_ids = (table->mem_table.depth * table->mem_table.ways) + table->cam_table.depth;
-	table->id_bmap = devm_kcalloc(rvu->dev, BITS_TO_LONGS(table->tot_ids),
-				      table->tot_ids, GFP_KERNEL);
+	table->id_bmap = devm_bitmap_zalloc(rvu->dev, table->tot_ids,
+					    GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (!table->id_bmap)
 		return -ENOMEM;