diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_timeout.c b/sys/kern/kern_timeout.c
index fa82abd31f20..0fcefab284b6 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_timeout.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_timeout.c
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ callout_cpu_init(struct callout_cpu *cc)
 
 	mtx_init(&cc->cc_lock, "callout", NULL, MTX_SPIN | MTX_RECURSE);
 	SLIST_INIT(&cc->cc_callfree);
-	cc->cc_callwheel = malloc(sizeof(struct callout_tailq) * callwheelsize,
+	cc->cc_callwheel = malloc(sizeof(struct callout_list) * callwheelsize,
 	    M_CALLOUT, M_WAITOK);
 	for (i = 0; i < callwheelsize; i++)
 		LIST_INIT(&cc->cc_callwheel[i]);