diff --git a/servers/slapd/overlays/pcache.c b/servers/slapd/overlays/pcache.c
index ee52d6ffd4..8d3b8ef2b2 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/overlays/pcache.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/overlays/pcache.c
@@ -5222,7 +5222,7 @@ pcache_monitor_update(
 
 	{
 		Attribute	*a;
-		char		*buf[ SLAP_TEXT_BUFLEN ];
+		char		buf[ SLAP_TEXT_BUFLEN ];
 		struct berval	bv;
 
 		/* number of cached queries */