diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_test.c b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_test.c
index 83a3af06d01c..5a396a1a8238 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_test.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_test.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static int ion_test_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	struct ion_test_data *data;
 	struct miscdevice *miscdev = file->private_data;
 
-	data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ion_test_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+	data = kzalloc(sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!data)
 		return -ENOMEM;