diff --git a/src/backend/utils/cache/catcache.c b/src/backend/utils/cache/catcache.c
index be7afe0a5f..841200fdc7 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/cache/catcache.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/cache/catcache.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/cache/catcache.c,v 1.8 1997/08/24 23:07:42 momjian Exp $
+ *    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/cache/catcache.c,v 1.9 1997/08/26 14:05:47 momjian Exp $
  *
  * Notes:
  *	XXX This needs to use exception.h to handle recovery when
@@ -663,9 +663,9 @@ InitSysCache(char *relname,
          *  We could move this to dllist.c, but the way we do this is not
          *  dynamic/portabl, so why allow other routines to use it.
          */
-    	void *cache_begin = malloc((NCCBUCK+1)*sizeof(Dllist));
+    	Dllist *cache_begin = malloc((NCCBUCK+1)*sizeof(Dllist));
 	for (i = 0; i <= NCCBUCK; ++i) {
-	    cp->cc_cache[i] = cache_begin + i * sizeof(Dllist);
+	    cp->cc_cache[i] = cache_begin[i];
 	    cp->cc_cache[i]->dll_head = 0;
 	    cp->cc_cache[i]->dll_tail = 0;
 	}