1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
index ad3c28578961..bbf7813fefe0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ fill_node(struct callchain_node *node, struct ip_callchain *chain, int start)
         for (i = start; i < chain->nr; i++) {
                 struct callchain_list *call;
 
-                call = malloc(sizeof(*chain));
+                call = malloc(sizeof(*call));
                 if (!call) {
                         perror("not enough memory for the code path tree");
                         return;