diff --git a/sound/mips/sgio2audio.c b/sound/mips/sgio2audio.c
index 71c942162c25..9fb68b35de5a 100644
--- a/sound/mips/sgio2audio.c
+++ b/sound/mips/sgio2audio.c
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ static int snd_sgio2audio_create(struct snd_card *card,
 	if (!(readq(&mace->perif.audio.control) & AUDIO_CONTROL_CODEC_PRESENT))
 		return -ENOENT;
 
-	chip = kzalloc(sizeof(struct snd_sgio2audio), GFP_KERNEL);
+	chip = kzalloc(sizeof(*chip), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (chip == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;