diff --git a/xkb/xkb.c b/xkb/xkb.c
index 868d7c1e6..aaf9716b3 100644
--- a/xkb/xkb.c
+++ b/xkb/xkb.c
@@ -2990,13 +2990,13 @@ _XkbSetCompatMap(ClientPtr client, DeviceIntPtr dev,
         XkbSymInterpretPtr sym;
         unsigned int skipped = 0;
 
-        if ((unsigned) (req->firstSI + req->nSI) > compat->num_si) {
-            compat->num_si = req->firstSI + req->nSI;
+        if ((unsigned) (req->firstSI + req->nSI) > compat->size_si) {
+            compat->num_si = compat->size_si = req->firstSI + req->nSI;
             compat->sym_interpret = reallocarray(compat->sym_interpret,
-                                                 compat->num_si,
+                                                 compat->size_si,
                                                  sizeof(XkbSymInterpretRec));
             if (!compat->sym_interpret) {
-                compat->num_si = 0;
+                compat->num_si = compat->size_si = 0;
                 return BadAlloc;
             }
         }