diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index 3b3a5bb..a1893e8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@
 
 	sched->pid_to_task[pid] = task;
 	sched->nr_tasks++;
-	sched->tasks = realloc(sched->tasks, sched->nr_tasks * sizeof(struct task_task *));
+	sched->tasks = realloc(sched->tasks, sched->nr_tasks * sizeof(struct task_desc *));
 	BUG_ON(!sched->tasks);
 	sched->tasks[task->nr] = task;