1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/e2fsprogs/mke2fs.c b/e2fsprogs/mke2fs.c
index ea6afb92c..687f18567 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/mke2fs.c
+++ b/e2fsprogs/mke2fs.c
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ static errcode_t zero_blocks(ext2_filsys fs, blk_t blk, int num,
         }
         /* Allocate the zeroizing buffer if necessary */
         if (!buf) {
-                buf = xcalloc(fs->blocksize, STRIDE_LENGTH);
+                buf = xzalloc(fs->blocksize * STRIDE_LENGTH);
         }
         /* OK, do the write loop */
         next_update = 0;