diff --git a/drivers/dma/sh/shdma-base.c b/drivers/dma/sh/shdma-base.c
index 788d696323bb..7f72b3f4cd1a 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/sh/shdma-base.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/sh/shdma-base.c
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *shdma_prep_dma_cyclic(
 	 * Allocate the sg list dynamically as it would consumer too much stack
 	 * space.
 	 */
-	sgl = kcalloc(sg_len, sizeof(*sgl), GFP_KERNEL);
+	sgl = kmalloc_array(sg_len, sizeof(*sgl), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sgl)
 		return NULL;