diff --git a/source/pem.c b/source/pem.c
index fcab8c819..a784d23af 100644
--- a/source/pem.c
+++ b/source/pem.c
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ int aws_pem_objects_init_from_file_contents(
     AWS_PRECONDITION(pem_objects != NULL);
 
     /* Init empty array list, ideally, the PEM should only has one key included. */
-    if (aws_array_list_init_dynamic(&pem_objects, allocator, 1, sizeof(struct aws_pem_object))) {
+    if (aws_array_list_init_dynamic(pem_objects, allocator, 1, sizeof(struct aws_pem_object))) {
         return AWS_OP_ERR;
     }