diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 37571a0ee..5db4c41f0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-11-21 Holger Vogt
+ * spicelib/parser/inptree.c: memory allocation of struct pwldata->vals 
+   failed in MS Visual Studio 2008, changed.
+
 2009-11-20 Holger Vogt
  * postsc.c: some cosmetics to postscript plot, hcopypstxcolor for
    setting text color 
diff --git a/src/spicelib/parser/inpptree.c b/src/spicelib/parser/inpptree.c
index 39eb44572..3991c2472 100644
--- a/src/spicelib/parser/inpptree.c
+++ b/src/spicelib/parser/inpptree.c
@@ -797,8 +797,8 @@ static INPparseNode *prepare_PTF_PWL(INPparseNode *p)
         return (NULL);
     }
 
-    data = (struct pwldata *)
-        MALLOC(sizeof(struct pwldata) + i*sizeof(double));
+    data = (struct pwldata *) MALLOC(sizeof(struct pwldata));
+    data->vals = (double*) MALLOC(i*sizeof(double));
 
     data->n = i;