diff --git a/dlls/oleaut32/tests/usrmarshal.c b/dlls/oleaut32/tests/usrmarshal.c
index d4ffdbde82f..6559cdcd865 100644
--- a/dlls/oleaut32/tests/usrmarshal.c
+++ b/dlls/oleaut32/tests/usrmarshal.c
@@ -1514,7 +1514,6 @@ static void test_marshal_VARIANT(void)
     SafeArrayGetVartype(*V_ARRAYREF(&v2), &vt2);
     ok(vt == vt2, "array vts differ %x %x\n", vt, vt2);
     size = IMalloc_GetSize(allocator, V_BYREF(&v2));
-    todo_wine_if(sizeof(void *) == 8)
     ok(size == sizeof(V_ARRAY(&v2)), "got size %#Ix\n", size);
     VARIANT_UserFree(&umcb.Flags, &v2);
     HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, oldbuffer);
diff --git a/dlls/oleaut32/usrmarshal.c b/dlls/oleaut32/usrmarshal.c
index aa54a2b092b..4a874a23413 100644
--- a/dlls/oleaut32/usrmarshal.c
+++ b/dlls/oleaut32/usrmarshal.c
@@ -506,7 +506,10 @@ unsigned char * WINAPI VARIANT_UserUnmarshal(ULONG *pFlags, unsigned char *Buffe
         ULONG mem_size;
         Pos += 4;
 
-        switch (header->vt & ~VT_BYREF)
+        /* byref array needs to allocate a SAFEARRAY pointer */
+        if (header->vt & VT_ARRAY)
+            mem_size = sizeof(void *);
+        else switch (header->vt & ~VT_BYREF)
         {
         /* these types have a different memory size compared to wire size */
         case VT_UNKNOWN: