diff --git a/http-push.c b/http-push.c
index f2c56c84544..de00d1693af 100644
--- a/http-push.c
+++ b/http-push.c
@@ -1732,7 +1732,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	git_extract_argv0_path(argv[0]);
 
-	repo = xcalloc(sizeof(*repo), 1);
+	repo = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*repo));
 
 	argv++;
 	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++, argv++) {