diff --git a/net/tipc/name_table.c b/net/tipc/name_table.c
index ac7dfdda7973..892373e498e4 100644
--- a/net/tipc/name_table.c
+++ b/net/tipc/name_table.c
@@ -1050,15 +1050,12 @@ void tipc_nametbl_dump(void)
 
 int tipc_nametbl_init(void)
 {
-	int array_size = sizeof(struct hlist_head) * tipc_nametbl_size;
-
-	table.types = kzalloc(array_size, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	table.types = kcalloc(tipc_nametbl_size, sizeof(struct hlist_head),
+			      GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!table.types)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	write_lock_bh(&tipc_nametbl_lock);
 	table.local_publ_count = 0;
-	write_unlock_bh(&tipc_nametbl_lock);
 	return 0;
 }