diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpfe_capture.c b/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpfe_capture.c
index cee14aa95061..ab073f273b95 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpfe_capture.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpfe_capture.c
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ static int vpfe_open(struct file *file)
 	}
 
 	/* Allocate memory for the file handle object */
-	fh = kmalloc(sizeof(struct vpfe_fh), GFP_KERNEL);
+	fh = kmalloc(sizeof(*fh), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!fh)
 		return -ENOMEM;