diff --git a/src/backend/jit/llvm/llvmjit_expr.c b/src/backend/jit/llvm/llvmjit_expr.c
index cfb6fe8cffb..8cf2e830efa 100644
--- a/src/backend/jit/llvm/llvmjit_expr.c
+++ b/src/backend/jit/llvm/llvmjit_expr.c
@@ -612,8 +612,8 @@ llvm_compile_expr(ExprState *state)
 						LLVMBuildStore(b, l_sbool_const(1), v_resnullp);
 
 						/* create blocks for checking args, one for each */
-						b_checkargnulls =
-							palloc(sizeof(LLVMBasicBlockRef *) * op->d.func.nargs);
+						b_checkargnulls = (LLVMBasicBlockRef *)
+							palloc(sizeof(LLVMBasicBlockRef) * op->d.func.nargs);
 						for (int argno = 0; argno < op->d.func.nargs; argno++)
 							b_checkargnulls[argno] =
 								l_bb_before_v(b_nonull, "b.%d.isnull.%d", opno,