diff --git a/glib/gbsearcharray.h b/glib/gbsearcharray.h
index 8e6875893..1ad893c4a 100644
--- a/glib/gbsearcharray.h
+++ b/glib/gbsearcharray.h
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ g_bsearch_array_create (const GBSearchConfig *bconfig)
   size = sizeof (GBSearchArray) + bconfig->sizeof_node;
   if (bconfig->flags & G_BSEARCH_ARRAY_ALIGN_POWER2)
     size = G_BSEARCH_UPPER_POWER2 (size);
-  barray = (GBSearchArray *) g_realloc (NULL, size);
+  barray = (GBSearchArray *) g_malloc (size);
   memset (barray, 0, sizeof (GBSearchArray));
 
   return barray;