diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 992207de..e22b1bbc 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-02-19  Andreas Damm  <andreas-sourceforge@radab.org>
+
+	* wget.h (DO_REALLOC_FROM_ALLOCA): Multiply with sizeof(type) when
+	calling xmalloc and memcpy.
+
 2002-02-19  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@arsdigita.com>
 
 	* host.h: Include Unix-specific includes #ifndef WINDOWS.
diff --git a/src/wget.h b/src/wget.h
index fe57639f..e9191387 100644
--- a/src/wget.h
+++ b/src/wget.h
@@ -251,8 +251,9 @@ char *xstrdup_debug PARAMS ((const char *, const char *, int));
 	XREALLOC_ARRAY (basevar, type, do_realloc_newsize);			\
       else									\
 	{									\
-	  void *drfa_new_basevar = xmalloc (do_realloc_newsize);		\
-	  memcpy (drfa_new_basevar, basevar, (sizevar));			\
+	  void *drfa_new_basevar =						\
+		xmalloc (do_realloc_newsize * sizeof (type));			\
+	  memcpy (drfa_new_basevar, basevar, (sizevar) * sizeof (type));	\
 	  (basevar) = drfa_new_basevar;						\
 	  allocap = 0;								\
 	}									\