diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2840e9bd6..2f36c4dfc 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-10-25  Jeroen Dekkers  <jeroen@dekkers.cx>
+
+	* disk/lvm.c (grub_lvm_scan_device): Malloc sizeof(*lv) bytes
+	instead of sizeof(lv). Patch by Michael Guntsche.
+
 2006-10-18  Jeroen Dekkers  <jeroen@dekkers.cx>
 
 	* disk/lvm.c: Rename VGS to VG_LIST.
diff --git a/disk/lvm.c b/disk/lvm.c
index 7b862c9a1..30a68881f 100644
--- a/disk/lvm.c
+++ b/disk/lvm.c
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ grub_lvm_scan_device (const char *name)
 	  if (*p == '}')
 	    break;
 
-	  lv = grub_malloc (sizeof (lv));
+	  lv = grub_malloc (sizeof (*lv));
 
 	  q = p;
 	  while (*q != ' ')