diff --git a/main/heap.c b/main/heap.c
index 0f0bafd18ee65b26ed91fe9da23a30e08318cf5e..b7d28ce2fea822b2184f6b334fb0903eb6a2af3c 100644
--- a/main/heap.c
+++ b/main/heap.c
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ struct ast_heap *ast_heap_create(unsigned int init_height, ast_heap_cmp_fn cmp_f
 
 	if (!(h->heap =
 #ifdef __AST_DEBUG_MALLOC
-			__ast_calloc(1, h->avail_len * sizeof(void *), file, lineno, func)
+			__ast_malloc(h->avail_len * sizeof(void *), file, lineno, func)
 #else
-			ast_calloc(1, h->avail_len * sizeof(void *))
+			ast_malloc(h->avail_len * sizeof(void *))
 #endif
 		)) {
 		ast_free(h);