diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
index cb8e6e6f983c..5ff1dcc4acb7 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(kexec_load, unsigned long, entry, unsigned long, nr_segments,
 		((flags & KEXEC_ARCH_MASK) != KEXEC_ARCH_DEFAULT))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ksegments = memdup_user(segments, nr_segments * sizeof(ksegments[0]));
+	ksegments = memdup_array_user(segments, nr_segments, sizeof(ksegments[0]));
 	if (IS_ERR(ksegments))
 		return PTR_ERR(ksegments);