diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sched.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sched.c
index 2fde9653a608..d1c0ccee879b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sched.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sched.c
@@ -27,9 +27,8 @@ ice_sched_add_root_node(struct ice_port_info *pi,
 	if (!root)
 		return ICE_ERR_NO_MEMORY;
 
-	/* coverity[suspicious_sizeof] */
 	root->children = devm_kcalloc(ice_hw_to_dev(hw), hw->max_children[0],
-				      sizeof(*root), GFP_KERNEL);
+				      sizeof(*root->children), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!root->children) {
 		devm_kfree(ice_hw_to_dev(hw), root);
 		return ICE_ERR_NO_MEMORY;
@@ -181,10 +180,9 @@ ice_sched_add_node(struct ice_port_info *pi, u8 layer,
 	if (!node)
 		return ICE_ERR_NO_MEMORY;
 	if (hw->max_children[layer]) {
-		/* coverity[suspicious_sizeof] */
 		node->children = devm_kcalloc(ice_hw_to_dev(hw),
 					      hw->max_children[layer],
-					      sizeof(*node), GFP_KERNEL);
+					      sizeof(*node->children), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!node->children) {
 			devm_kfree(ice_hw_to_dev(hw), node);
 			return ICE_ERR_NO_MEMORY;