diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
index 65224474675b9d145dcc383d01cac66ad42fd626..610759fe63b8a450a67b2f74917f5910181a90b9 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ int ima_alloc_init_template(struct ima_event_data *event_data,
 	else
 		template_desc = ima_template_desc_current();
 
-	*entry = kzalloc(sizeof(**entry) + template_desc->num_fields *
-			 sizeof(struct ima_field_data), GFP_NOFS);
+	*entry = kzalloc(struct_size(*entry, template_data,
+				     template_desc->num_fields), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!*entry)
 		return -ENOMEM;