diff --git a/src/libcharon/daemon.c b/src/libcharon/daemon.c
index fca664801..c48fa0a6f 100644
--- a/src/libcharon/daemon.c
+++ b/src/libcharon/daemon.c
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ METHOD(daemon_t, set_default_loggers, void,
 	{
 		if (!this->levels)
 		{
-			this->levels = calloc(sizeof(level_t), DBG_MAX);
+			this->levels = calloc(DBG_MAX, sizeof(level_t));
 		}
 		for (group = 0; group < DBG_MAX; group++)
 		{