diff --git a/src/librc/librc-depend.c b/src/librc/librc-depend.c
index d02b02f35..b980a213f 100644
--- a/src/librc/librc-depend.c
+++ b/src/librc/librc-depend.c
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ rc_deptree_update_needed(time_t *newest, char *file)
 	time_t mtime;
 
 	/* Create base directories if needed */
-	char depdir[sizeof(char) * PATH_MAX];
+	char depdir[PATH_MAX];
 	for (i = 0; depdirs[i]; i++) {
 		snprintf(depdir, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s", rc_svcdir_get(), depdirs[i]);
 		if (mkdir(depdir, 0755) != 0 && errno != EEXIST)