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-rw-r--r--src/H5Tconv.c4
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/H5Tconv.c b/src/H5Tconv.c
index 9c5045a..5695b08 100644
--- a/src/H5Tconv.c
+++ b/src/H5Tconv.c
@@ -2155,7 +2155,6 @@ H5T_conv_vlen(hid_t src_id, hid_t dst_id, H5T_cdata_t *cdata, hsize_t nelmts,
void *tmp_buf=NULL; /*temporary background buffer */
size_t tmp_buf_size=0; /*size of temporary bkg buffer */
void *dbuf=NULL; /*temp destination buffer */
- size_t dbuf_size=0; /*size of destination buffer */
int direction; /*direction of traversal */
int nested=0; /*flag of nested VL case */
hsize_t elmtno; /*element number counter */
@@ -2235,8 +2234,7 @@ H5T_conv_vlen(hid_t src_id, hid_t dst_id, H5T_cdata_t *cdata, hsize_t nelmts,
bkg_delta = direction * (bkg_stride ? bkg_stride : dst->size);
/* Dynamically allocate the destination buffer */
- dbuf_size=MAX(sizeof(hvl_t),sizeof(char *));
- if ((dbuf=H5FL_BLK_MALLOC(vlen_seq,dbuf_size))==NULL)
+ if ((dbuf=H5FL_BLK_MALLOC(vlen_seq,dst->size))==NULL)
HGOTO_ERROR (H5E_RESOURCE, H5E_NOSPACE, FAIL, "memory allocation failed for type conversion");
/*