diff --git a/src/config_parser.c b/src/config_parser.c
index 4e16f060..e563c808 100644
--- a/src/config_parser.c
+++ b/src/config_parser.c
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ bool parse_file(const char *f, bool use_nagbar) {
     /* Then, allocate a new buffer and copy the file over to the new one,
      * but replace occurences of our variables */
     char *walk = buf, *destwalk;
-    char *new = smalloc((stbuf.st_size + extra_bytes + 1) * sizeof(char));
+    char *new = smalloc(stbuf.st_size + extra_bytes + 1);
     destwalk = new;
     while (walk < (buf + stbuf.st_size)) {
         /* Find the next variable */