diff --git a/linux-core/drm_compat.h b/linux-core/drm_compat.h
index 49b08865..c7a4a7e3 100644
--- a/linux-core/drm_compat.h
+++ b/linux-core/drm_compat.h
@@ -107,6 +107,17 @@ static inline int remap_pfn_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long from
 			  size,
 			  pgprot);
 }
+
+static __inline__ void *kcalloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size, int flags)
+{
+	void *addr;
+
+	addr = kmalloc(size * nmemb, flags);
+	if (addr != NULL)
+		memset((void *)addr, 0, size * nmemb);
+
+	return addr;
+}
 #endif
 
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,16)
diff --git a/linux-core/drm_memory.c b/linux-core/drm_memory.c
index 3370c279..10f43f41 100644
--- a/linux-core/drm_memory.c
+++ b/linux-core/drm_memory.c
@@ -134,13 +134,7 @@ int drm_mem_info(char *buf, char **start, off_t offset,
 /** Wrapper around kmalloc() */
 void *drm_calloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size, int area)
 {
-	void *addr;
-
-	addr = kmalloc(size * nmemb, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (addr != NULL)
-		memset((void *)addr, 0, size * nmemb);
-
-	return addr;
+	return kcalloc(nmemb, size, GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_calloc);