diff --git a/sys/powerpc/pseries/phyp_vscsi.c b/sys/powerpc/pseries/phyp_vscsi.c
index 6c9c32f7bad..4ee715a918c 100644
--- a/sys/powerpc/pseries/phyp_vscsi.c
+++ b/sys/powerpc/pseries/phyp_vscsi.c
@@ -336,8 +336,8 @@ vscsi_attach(device_t dev)
 
 	mtx_lock(&sc->io_lock);
 	vscsi_setup_bus(sc);
-	sc->xfer = malloc(sizeof(sc->xfer[0])*sc->max_transactions, M_VSCSI,
-	    M_NOWAIT);
+	sc->xfer = mallocarray(sc->max_transactions, sizeof(sc->xfer[0]),
+	    M_VSCSI, M_NOWAIT);
 	for (i = 0; i < sc->max_transactions; i++) {
 		xp = &sc->xfer[i];
 		xp->sc = sc;