diff --git a/src/fwrite_le.c b/src/fwrite_le.c
index 4a3b4cc..7e0eb43 100644
--- a/src/fwrite_le.c
+++ b/src/fwrite_le.c
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ size_t fwrite_le(
 	// case: big-endian
 	size_t bytes_count = size * count;
 #if FWRITE_LE_NO_MODIFICATION
-	uint8_t* bytes = calloc(bytes_count, sizeof(uint8_t));
+	uint8_t* bytes = malloc(bytes_count * sizeof(uint8_t));
 	if (bytes == NULL) {
-		perror("calloc");
+		perror("malloc");
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 	memcpy(bytes, ptr, bytes_count);