diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index a69b50c6199..83d3f637022 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2021-09-15  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
+
+	* archures.c (bfd_arch_list): Use 'char *' instead of 'char **'
+	when calculating space for a string list.
+
 2021-09-014  Cupertino Miranda  <cmiranda@synopsys.com>
            Claudiu Zissulescu  <claziss@synopsys.com>
 
diff --git a/bfd/archures.c b/bfd/archures.c
index 390691bfba1..31a41a1d863 100644
--- a/bfd/archures.c
+++ b/bfd/archures.c
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ bfd_arch_list (void)
 	}
     }
 
-  amt = (vec_length + 1) * sizeof (char **);
+  amt = (vec_length + 1) * sizeof (char *);
   name_list = (const char **) bfd_malloc (amt);
   if (name_list == NULL)
     return NULL;