diff --git a/libretro-common/file/config_file.c b/libretro-common/file/config_file.c
index 7d82a74b8b..0e770831e6 100644
--- a/libretro-common/file/config_file.c
+++ b/libretro-common/file/config_file.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static char *config_file_extract_value(char *line)
     * to avoid an unnecessary dependency -
     * call is strldup("", sizeof(""))
     **/
-   dst = (char*)malloc(sizeof(char*) * 2);
+   dst = (char*)malloc(sizeof(char) * 2);
    strlcpy(dst, "", 1);
    return dst;
 }