http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9741                                                                         

diff --git a/nscd/mem.c b/nscd/mem.c
index e821729..1f7215e 100644
--- nscd/mem.c
+++ nscd/mem.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ gc (struct database_dyn *db)
   else
     {
       he = xmalloc (memory_needed);
-      he_data = &he[db->head->nentries * sizeof (struct hashentry *)];
+      he_data = &he[db->head->nentries];
       he_use_malloc = true;
     }