diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
index 05ed42f203d7..0e510df80d73 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_hw_context(struct drm_device *dev,
 	struct i915_hw_context *ctx;
 	int ret, id;
 
-	ctx = kzalloc(sizeof(struct drm_i915_file_private), GFP_KERNEL);
+	ctx = kzalloc(sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (ctx == NULL)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);