diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
index bdd4d3b12f6c..afb28fcc6678 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
@@ -2098,7 +2098,7 @@ static int profile_open_perf_events(struct profiler_bpf *obj)
 	int map_fd;
 
 	profile_perf_events = calloc(
-		sizeof(int), obj->rodata->num_cpu * obj->rodata->num_metric);
+		obj->rodata->num_cpu * obj->rodata->num_metric, sizeof(int));
 	if (!profile_perf_events) {
 		p_err("failed to allocate memory for perf_event array: %s",
 		      strerror(errno));