diff --git a/lib/mpi/mpiutil.c b/lib/mpi/mpiutil.c
index 20ed0f766787..00825028cc84 100644
--- a/lib/mpi/mpiutil.c
+++ b/lib/mpi/mpiutil.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ int mpi_resize(MPI a, unsigned nlimbs)
 		return 0;	/* no need to do it */
 
 	if (a->d) {
-		p = kmalloc_array(nlimbs, sizeof(mpi_limb_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+		p = kcalloc(nlimbs, sizeof(mpi_limb_t), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!p)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		memcpy(p, a->d, a->alloced * sizeof(mpi_limb_t));