diff --git a/src/ls.c b/src/ls.c
index 3ee8f36..d9a84fe 100644
--- a/src/ls.c
+++ b/src/ls.c
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ static int ls_files(int argc, char **argv, const struct winsize w) {
 		if (S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode))
 			continue;
 
-		struct d_node **tmp = realloc(file, sizeof(struct d_node *) * (files + 2));
+		struct d_node **tmp = realloc(file, sizeof(struct d_node *) * (files + 1));
 		if (tmp == NULL) {
 			dfree(file, files);
 			argv[i] = NULL;