diff --git a/lib/libalpm/signing.c b/lib/libalpm/signing.c
index b3a6500e..9bb9d0ad 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/signing.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/signing.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ static int decode_signature(const char *base64_data,
 		goto error;
 	}
 	/* alloc our memory and repeat the call to decode */
-	MALLOC(data, (size_t)destlen, goto error);
+	MALLOC(*data, (size_t)destlen, goto error);
 	ret = base64_decode(*data, &destlen, usline, len);
 	if(ret != 0) {
 		goto error;