diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c b/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c
index 74bd90dfd7b1..90a946c028ff 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c
@@ -581,9 +581,10 @@ static int imx_pinctrl_parse_functions(struct device_node *np,
 		dev_err(info->dev, "no groups defined in %s\n", np->full_name);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	func->group_names = devm_kzalloc(info->dev,
-					 func->num_group_names *
+	func->group_names = devm_kcalloc(info->dev, func->num_group_names,
 					 sizeof(char *), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!func->group_names)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	for_each_child_of_node(np, child) {
 		func->group_names[i] = child->name;