diff --git a/libraries/libldap/pagectrl.c b/libraries/libldap/pagectrl.c
index bd23017ab3..8aac0c892a 100644
--- a/libraries/libldap/pagectrl.c
+++ b/libraries/libldap/pagectrl.c
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ ldap_parse_page_control(
 
 	ld->ld_errno = ldap_parse_pageresponse_control( ld, c, countp, &cookie );
 	if ( ld->ld_errno == LDAP_SUCCESS ) {
-		*cookiep = LDAP_MALLOC( sizeof( struct berval * ) );
+		*cookiep = LDAP_MALLOC( sizeof( struct berval ) );
 		if ( *cookiep == NULL ) {
 			ld->ld_errno = LDAP_NO_MEMORY;
 		} else {