diff --git a/target-ppc/translate_init.c b/target-ppc/translate_init.c
index 954dee3ec27b6a00559c878b8248ec6a07f35d79..3269c3ebe44bdca9f89048afa325705323bcbf3c 100644
--- a/target-ppc/translate_init.c
+++ b/target-ppc/translate_init.c
@@ -7434,7 +7434,7 @@ static int create_new_table (opc_handler_t **table, unsigned char idx)
 {
     opc_handler_t **tmp;
 
-    tmp = g_malloc(0x20 * sizeof(opc_handler_t));
+    tmp = g_new(opc_handler_t *, 0x20);
     fill_new_table(tmp, 0x20);
     table[idx] = (opc_handler_t *)((uintptr_t)tmp | PPC_INDIRECT);