diff --git a/src/remote/remote_driver.c b/src/remote/remote_driver.c
index dc2d2fb64cb5cdd1b92ccacd96b5879be2a362d3..6c49e49c179705f348cbc2b7fff9c27a1459bb20 100644
--- a/src/remote/remote_driver.c
+++ b/src/remote/remote_driver.c
@@ -7622,9 +7622,7 @@ remoteNodeGetFreePages(virConnectPtr conn,
         goto done;
     }
 
-    if (VIR_ALLOC_N(args.pages.pages_val, npages) < 0)
-        goto done;
-    memcpy(args.pages.pages_val, pages, npages * sizeof(*pages));
+    args.pages.pages_val = (u_int *) pages;
     args.pages.pages_len = npages;
     args.startCell = startCell;
     args.cellCount = cellCount;