diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/bbt.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/bbt.c
index 56cde38..044adf9 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/bbt.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/bbt.c
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ int nanddev_bbt_init(struct nand_device *nand)
 	unsigned int nwords = DIV_ROUND_UP(nblocks * bits_per_block,
 					   BITS_PER_LONG);
 
-	nand->bbt.cache = kzalloc(nwords, GFP_KERNEL);
+	nand->bbt.cache = kcalloc(nwords, sizeof(*nand->bbt.cache),
+				  GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!nand->bbt.cache)
 		return -ENOMEM;