diff --git a/fs/dlm/member.c b/fs/dlm/member.c
index 89257699d4e4..92c601a11e38 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/member.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/member.c
@@ -217,8 +217,7 @@ int dlm_slots_assign(struct dlm_ls *ls, int *num_slots, int *slots_size,
 	}
 
 	array_size = max + need;
-
-	array = kzalloc(array_size * sizeof(struct dlm_slot), GFP_NOFS);
+	array = kcalloc(array_size, sizeof(*array), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!array)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -491,8 +490,7 @@ void dlm_lsop_recover_done(struct dlm_ls *ls)
 		return;
 
 	num = ls->ls_num_nodes;
-
-	slots = kzalloc(num * sizeof(struct dlm_slot), GFP_KERNEL);
+	slots = kcalloc(num, sizeof(*slots), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!slots)
 		return;