diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/sm501fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/sm501fb.c
index 6f0a19501c6a..dde52d027416 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/sm501fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/sm501fb.c
@@ -1932,8 +1932,7 @@ static int sm501fb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	int ret;
 
 	/* allocate our framebuffers */
-
-	info = kzalloc(sizeof(struct sm501fb_info), GFP_KERNEL);
+	info = kzalloc(sizeof(*info), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!info) {
 		dev_err(dev, "failed to allocate state\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;