diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c b/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c
index b86db84d6f32..5163edb925cb 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c
@@ -4102,7 +4102,7 @@ static long pmcraid_chr_ioctl(
 	struct pmcraid_ioctl_header *hdr = NULL;
 	int retval = -ENOTTY;
 
-	hdr = kmalloc(GFP_KERNEL, sizeof(struct pmcraid_ioctl_header));
+	hdr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct pmcraid_ioctl_header), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (!hdr) {
 		pmcraid_err("faile to allocate memory for ioctl header\n");