diff --git a/coccinelle/malloc_multiply.cocci b/coccinelle/malloc_multiply.cocci
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3284edf737
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coccinelle/malloc_multiply.cocci
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+@@
+expression q, n, m;
+@@
+- q = malloc((n)*(m))
++ q = malloc_multiply(n, m)
+@@
+expression q, n, m;
+@@
+- q = malloc(n*(m))
++ q = malloc_multiply(n, m)
+@@
+expression q, n, m;
+@@
+- q = malloc((n)*m)
++ q = malloc_multiply(n, m)
+@@
+expression q, n, m;
+@@
+- q = malloc(n*m)
++ q = malloc_multiply(n, m)
diff --git a/src/udev/udev-rules.c b/src/udev/udev-rules.c
index 3b0ddb5118..635811c59f 100644
--- a/src/udev/udev-rules.c
+++ b/src/udev/udev-rules.c
@@ -1544,7 +1544,7 @@ struct udev_rules *udev_rules_new(struct udev *udev, int resolve_names) {
         udev_list_init(udev, &file_list, true);
 
         /* init token array and string buffer */
-        rules->tokens = malloc(PREALLOC_TOKEN * sizeof(struct token));
+        rules->tokens = malloc_multiply(PREALLOC_TOKEN, sizeof(struct token));
         if (rules->tokens == NULL)
                 return udev_rules_unref(rules);
         rules->token_max = PREALLOC_TOKEN;
diff --git a/src/vconsole/vconsole-setup.c b/src/vconsole/vconsole-setup.c
index 2e0e09d843..a9cc2bf63c 100644
--- a/src/vconsole/vconsole-setup.c
+++ b/src/vconsole/vconsole-setup.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ static void setup_remaining_vcs(int src_fd, unsigned src_idx, bool utf8) {
                          * requries 32 per glyph, regardless of the actual height - see the comment above #define
                          * max_font_size 65536 in drivers/tty/vt/vt.c for more details.
                          */
-                        fontbuf = malloc((cfo.width + 7) / 8 * 32 * cfo.charcount);
+                        fontbuf = malloc_multiply((cfo.width + 7) / 8 * 32, cfo.charcount);
                         if (!fontbuf) {
                                 log_oom();
                                 return;