diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c b/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
index 8547d7594338..63bbcc20f49a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
@@ -55,19 +55,6 @@ static void trigger_event(struct work_struct *work)
 	dm_table_event(sc->ti->table);
 }
 
-static inline struct stripe_c *alloc_context(unsigned int stripes)
-{
-	size_t len;
-
-	if (dm_array_too_big(sizeof(struct stripe_c), sizeof(struct stripe),
-			     stripes))
-		return NULL;
-
-	len = sizeof(struct stripe_c) + (sizeof(struct stripe) * stripes);
-
-	return kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
-}
-
 /*
  * Parse a single <dev> <sector> pair
  */
@@ -142,7 +129,7 @@ static int stripe_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	sc = alloc_context(stripes);
+	sc = kmalloc(struct_size(sc, stripe, stripes), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sc) {
 		ti->error = "Memory allocation for striped context "
 		    "failed";
diff --git a/include/linux/device-mapper.h b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
index 399ad8632356..2e13826898b2 100644
--- a/include/linux/device-mapper.h
+++ b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
@@ -594,9 +594,6 @@ void *dm_vcalloc(unsigned long nmemb, unsigned long elem_size);
  */
 #define dm_round_up(n, sz) (dm_div_up((n), (sz)) * (sz))
 
-#define dm_array_too_big(fixed, obj, num) \
-	((num) > (UINT_MAX - (fixed)) / (obj))
-
 /*
  * Sector offset taken relative to the start of the target instead of
  * relative to the start of the device.