diff --git a/math/prime_factoriziation.c b/math/prime_factoriziation.c
index 7e466923be..cf346b50be 100644
--- a/math/prime_factoriziation.c
+++ b/math/prime_factoriziation.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Range int_fact(int n)
     int i = 0;
     int *range = (int *)malloc(sizeof(int) * len);
     assert(range);
-    Range pstr = (Range)malloc(sizeof(range));
+    Range pstr = (Range)malloc(sizeof(*pstr));
     assert(pstr);
 
     while (n % 2 == 0)