diff --git a/cde/lib/DtSearch/isduprec.c b/cde/lib/DtSearch/isduprec.c
index b87de0ab8..31d0fad8a 100644
--- a/cde/lib/DtSearch/isduprec.c
+++ b/cde/lib/DtSearch/isduprec.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ int             is_duprec (char *recid)
 	    duprec_hashsize);
 #endif
 
-	hashtab = malloc ((duprec_hashsize + 2L) * sizeof (HASHNODE **));
+	hashtab = malloc ((duprec_hashsize + 2L) * sizeof (HASHNODE *));
 	if (hashtab == NULL)
 	    return OUT_OF_MEM;