diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/uvesafb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/uvesafb.c
index 73676eb0244a7b..c592ca513115c0 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/uvesafb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/uvesafb.c
@@ -1044,7 +1044,8 @@ static int uvesafb_setcmap(struct fb_cmap *cmap, struct fb_info *info)
 		    info->cmap.len || cmap->start < info->cmap.start)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
-		entries = kmalloc(sizeof(*entries) * cmap->len, GFP_KERNEL);
+		entries = kmalloc_array(cmap->len, sizeof(*entries),
+					GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!entries)
 			return -ENOMEM;