diff --git a/drivers/input/input.c b/drivers/input/input.c
index c044699..fb513da 100644
--- a/drivers/input/input.c
+++ b/drivers/input/input.c
@@ -2048,7 +2048,7 @@
 	if (dev->hint_events_per_packet < packet_size)
 		dev->hint_events_per_packet = packet_size;
 
-	dev->max_vals = max(dev->hint_events_per_packet, packet_size) + 2;
+	dev->max_vals = dev->hint_events_per_packet + 2;
 	dev->vals = kcalloc(dev->max_vals, sizeof(*dev->vals), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dev->vals) {
 		error = -ENOMEM;