diff --git a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/slab.h b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/slab.h
index 541441df25d8..1f8ec82db985 100644
--- a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ MALLOC_DECLARE(M_KMALLOC);
 #define	kzalloc(size, flags)		kmalloc(size, (flags) | __GFP_ZERO)
 #define	kzalloc_node(size, flags, node)	kmalloc(size, (flags) | __GFP_ZERO)
 #define	kfree_const(ptr)		kfree(ptr)
-#define	kcalloc(n, size, flags)	        kmalloc((n) * (size), (flags) | __GFP_ZERO)
 #define	vzalloc(size)			__vmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_ZERO, 0)
 #define	vfree(arg)			kfree(arg)
 #define	kvfree(arg)			kfree(arg)
@@ -100,6 +99,13 @@ kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
 	return (malloc(size, M_KMALLOC, linux_check_m_flags(flags)));
 }
 
+static inline void *
+kcalloc(size_t n, size_t size, gfp_t flags)
+{
+	flags |= __GFP_ZERO;
+	return (mallocarray(n, size, M_KMALLOC, linux_check_m_flags(flags)));
+}
+
 static inline void *
 __vmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int other)
 {