diff --git a/libmpdvdkit2/dvd_input.c b/libmpdvdkit2/dvd_input.c
index 840d8e2086..16ad060efa 100644
--- a/libmpdvdkit2/dvd_input.c
+++ b/libmpdvdkit2/dvd_input.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static dvd_input_t file_open(const char *target)
   dvd_input_t dev;
   
   /* Allocate the library structure */
-  dev = (dvd_input_t) malloc(sizeof(dvd_input_t));
+  dev = (dvd_input_t) malloc(sizeof(struct dvd_input_s));
   if(dev == NULL) {
     fprintf(stderr, "libdvdread: Could not allocate memory.\n");
     return NULL;
diff --git a/libmpdvdkit2/libdvdread_changes.diff b/libmpdvdkit2/libdvdread_changes.diff
index 206f767be6..e343a217db 100644
--- a/libmpdvdkit2/libdvdread_changes.diff
+++ b/libmpdvdkit2/libdvdread_changes.diff
@@ -87,6 +87,15 @@ diff -Naur dvdread.orig/dvd_input.c dvdread/dvd_input.c
      
    /* Allocate the handle structure */
 -  dev = (dvd_input_t) malloc(sizeof(dvd_input_t));
++  dev = (dvd_input_t) malloc(sizeof(struct dvd_input_s));
+   if(dev == NULL) {
+     fprintf(stderr, "libdvdread: Could not allocate memory.\n");
+     return NULL;
+@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
+   dvd_input_t dev;
+   
+   /* Allocate the library structure */
+-  dev = (dvd_input_t) malloc(sizeof(dvd_input_t));
 +  dev = (dvd_input_t) malloc(sizeof(struct dvd_input_s));
    if(dev == NULL) {
      fprintf(stderr, "libdvdread: Could not allocate memory.\n");