1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/od_bloaty.c b/coreutils/od_bloaty.c
index a2eaf11d9..eb4579857 100644
--- a/coreutils/od_bloaty.c
+++ b/coreutils/od_bloaty.c
@@ -735,9 +735,9 @@ decode_format_string(const char *s)
 
                 assert(s != next);
                 s = next;
+                spec = xrealloc_vector(spec, 4, n_specs);
+                memcpy(&spec[n_specs], &tspec, sizeof(spec[0]));
                 n_specs++;
-                spec = xrealloc(spec, n_specs * sizeof(*spec));
-                memcpy(&spec[n_specs-1], &tspec, sizeof *spec);
         }
 }