diff --git a/settings_data.c b/settings_data.c
index c7f50eda3a..0e3614f3a3 100644
--- a/settings_data.c
+++ b/settings_data.c
@@ -2254,5 +2254,6 @@ rarch_setting_t *setting_data_get_list(void)
    APPEND(terminator);
 
    /* flatten this array to save ourselves some kilobytes */
-   return (rarch_setting_t*)realloc(list, sizeof(rarch_setting_t) * index); 
+   list=realloc(list, sizeof(rarch_setting_t) * index);
+   return (rarch_setting_t*)list;
 }