diff --git a/drivers/xen/events.c b/drivers/xen/events.c
index 891d2e90753a..abad71b1632b 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/events.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/events.c
@@ -927,9 +927,9 @@ static struct irq_chip xen_dynamic_chip __read_mostly = {
 void __init xen_init_IRQ(void)
 {
 	int i;
-	size_t size = nr_cpu_ids * sizeof(struct cpu_evtchn_s);
 
-	cpu_evtchn_mask_p = alloc_bootmem(size);
+	cpu_evtchn_mask_p = kcalloc(nr_cpu_ids, sizeof(struct cpu_evtchn_s),
+				    GFP_KERNEL);
 	BUG_ON(cpu_evtchn_mask_p == NULL);
 
 	init_evtchn_cpu_bindings();