diff --git a/sys/contrib/libnv/nv_impl.h b/sys/contrib/libnv/nv_impl.h
index b50bdf72ea5..33cc8f75f91 100644
--- a/sys/contrib/libnv/nv_impl.h
+++ b/sys/contrib/libnv/nv_impl.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ typedef struct nvpair nvpair_t;
 
 #ifdef _KERNEL
 #define	nv_malloc(size)			malloc((size), M_NVLIST, M_WAITOK)
-#define	nv_calloc(n, size)		malloc((n) * (size), M_NVLIST, \
+#define	nv_calloc(n, size)		mallocarray((n), (size), M_NVLIST, \
 					    M_WAITOK | M_ZERO)
 #define	nv_realloc(buf, size)		realloc((buf), (size), M_NVLIST, \
 					    M_WAITOK)