diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types_device.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types_device.c
index 302f898c5833..9ec6971056fa 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types_device.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types_device.c
@@ -317,8 +317,7 @@ static int UVERBS_HANDLER(UVERBS_METHOD_QUERY_GID_TABLE)(
 	struct ib_device *ib_dev;
 	size_t user_entry_size;
 	ssize_t num_entries;
-	size_t max_entries;
-	size_t num_bytes;
+	int max_entries;
 	u32 flags;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -336,19 +335,16 @@ static int UVERBS_HANDLER(UVERBS_METHOD_QUERY_GID_TABLE)(
 		attrs, UVERBS_ATTR_QUERY_GID_TABLE_RESP_ENTRIES,
 		user_entry_size);
 	if (max_entries <= 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return max_entries ?: -EINVAL;
 
 	ucontext = ib_uverbs_get_ucontext(attrs);
 	if (IS_ERR(ucontext))
 		return PTR_ERR(ucontext);
 	ib_dev = ucontext->device;
 
-	if (check_mul_overflow(max_entries, sizeof(*entries), &num_bytes))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	entries = uverbs_zalloc(attrs, num_bytes);
-	if (!entries)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	entries = uverbs_kcalloc(attrs, max_entries, sizeof(*entries));
+	if (IS_ERR(entries))
+		return PTR_ERR(entries);
 
 	num_entries = rdma_query_gid_table(ib_dev, entries, max_entries);
 	if (num_entries < 0)
diff --git a/include/rdma/uverbs_ioctl.h b/include/rdma/uverbs_ioctl.h
index bf167ef6c688..39ef204753ec 100644
--- a/include/rdma/uverbs_ioctl.h
+++ b/include/rdma/uverbs_ioctl.h
@@ -865,6 +865,16 @@ static inline __malloc void *uverbs_zalloc(struct uverbs_attr_bundle *bundle,
 {
 	return _uverbs_alloc(bundle, size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 }
+
+static inline __malloc void *uverbs_kcalloc(struct uverbs_attr_bundle *bundle,
+					    size_t n, size_t size)
+{
+	size_t bytes;
+
+	if (unlikely(check_mul_overflow(n, size, &bytes)))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EOVERFLOW);
+	return uverbs_zalloc(bundle, bytes);
+}
 int _uverbs_get_const(s64 *to, const struct uverbs_attr_bundle *attrs_bundle,
 		      size_t idx, s64 lower_bound, u64 upper_bound,
 		      s64 *def_val);