diff --git a/zathura-pdf-mupdf/search.c b/zathura-pdf-mupdf/search.c
--- a/zathura-pdf-mupdf/search.c
+++ b/zathura-pdf-mupdf/search.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     mupdf_page_extract_text(mupdf_document, mupdf_page);
   }
 
-  fz_quad* hit_bbox = fz_malloc_array(mupdf_page->ctx, N_SEARCH_RESULTS, sizeof(fz_quad));
+  fz_quad* hit_bbox = fz_malloc_array(mupdf_page->ctx, N_SEARCH_RESULTS, fz_quad);
   int num_results = fz_search_stext_page(mupdf_page->ctx, mupdf_page->text,
       text, hit_bbox, N_SEARCH_RESULTS);