--- squashfs-tools/unsquashfs.c
+++ squashfs-tools/unsquashfs.c
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@
 
 	for(i = 0; i < inode->blocks; i++) {
 		int c_byte = SQUASHFS_COMPRESSED_SIZE_BLOCK(block_list[i]);
-		struct file_entry *block = malloc(sizeof(struct file_entry *));
+		struct file_entry *block = malloc(sizeof(struct file_entry));
 
 		if(block == NULL)
 			EXIT_UNSQUASH("write_file: unable to malloc file\n");
@@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@
 	if(inode->frag_bytes) {
 		int size;
 		long long start;
-		struct file_entry *block = malloc(sizeof(struct file_entry *));
+		struct file_entry *block = malloc(sizeof(struct file_entry));
 
 		if(block == NULL)
 			EXIT_UNSQUASH("write_file: unable to malloc file\n");
@@ -1931,7 +1931,7 @@
 
 struct pathnames *init_subdir()
 {
-	struct pathnames *new = malloc(sizeof(struct pathnames *));
+	struct pathnames *new = malloc(sizeof(struct pathnames));
 	new->count = 0;
 	return new;
 }
--- squashfs-tools/mksquashfs.c
+++ squashfs-tools/mksquashfs.c
@@ -3391,7 +3391,7 @@
 
 struct pathnames *init_subdir()
 {
-	struct pathnames *new = malloc(sizeof(struct pathnames *));
+	struct pathnames *new = malloc(sizeof(struct pathnames));
 	new->count = 0;
 	return new;
 }