diff --git a/lib/libalpm/util.c b/lib/libalpm/util.c
index 43d0d7be..1e367369 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/util.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/util.c
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ void *_alpm_greedy_grow(void **data, size_t *current, const size_t required)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	return _alpm_realloc(data, current, required);
+	return _alpm_realloc(data, current, newsize);
 }
 
 void _alpm_alloc_fail(size_t size)