diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
index 85c3e12f8362..87cee614618c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@ static int veth_alloc_queues(struct net_device *dev)
 	struct veth_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	int i;
 
-	priv->rq = kcalloc(dev->num_rx_queues, sizeof(*priv->rq), GFP_KERNEL);
+	priv->rq = kcalloc(dev->num_rx_queues, sizeof(*priv->rq), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
 	if (!priv->rq)
 		return -ENOMEM;