diff --git a/fs/ext4/dir.c b/fs/ext4/dir.c
index e8b365000d73..b04e882179c6 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/dir.c
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ static struct dir_private_info *ext4_htree_create_dir_info(struct file *filp,
 {
 	struct dir_private_info *p;
 
-	p = kzalloc(sizeof(struct dir_private_info), GFP_KERNEL);
+	p = kzalloc(sizeof(*p), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!p)
 		return NULL;
 	p->curr_hash = pos2maj_hash(filp, pos);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mmp.c b/fs/ext4/mmp.c
index eb9835638680..77cdce1f17ce 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mmp.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mmp.c
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ int ext4_multi_mount_protect(struct super_block *sb,
 		goto failed;
 	}
 
-	mmpd_data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct mmpd_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+	mmpd_data = kmalloc(sizeof(*mmpd_data), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!mmpd_data) {
 		ext4_warning(sb, "not enough memory for mmpd_data");
 		goto failed;