diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
index e3f9ed3690b7..3cf9fb54b7d4 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
@@ -984,8 +984,7 @@ static int iscsit_allocate_iovecs(struct iscsi_cmd *cmd)
 	u32 iov_count = max(1UL, DIV_ROUND_UP(cmd->se_cmd.data_length, PAGE_SIZE));
 
 	iov_count += ISCSI_IOV_DATA_BUFFER;
-
-	cmd->iov_data = kzalloc(iov_count * sizeof(struct kvec), GFP_KERNEL);
+	cmd->iov_data = kcalloc(iov_count, sizeof(*cmd->iov_data), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cmd->iov_data) {
 		pr_err("Unable to allocate cmd->iov_data\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;