diff --git a/usr.bin/column/column.c b/usr.bin/column/column.c
index ccaa8247ca29..ca2837dd5a68 100644
--- a/usr.bin/column/column.c
+++ b/usr.bin/column/column.c
@@ -247,10 +247,10 @@ maketbl(void)
 		    (cols[coloff] = wcstok(p, separator, &last));
 		    p = NULL)
 			if (++coloff == maxcols) {
-				if (!(cols = realloc(cols, (u_int)maxcols +
-				    DEFCOLS * sizeof(char *))) ||
+				if (!(cols = realloc(cols, ((u_int)maxcols +
+				    DEFCOLS) * sizeof(char *))) ||
 				    !(lens = realloc(lens,
-				    (u_int)maxcols + DEFCOLS * sizeof(int))))
+				    ((u_int)maxcols + DEFCOLS) * sizeof(int))))
 					err(1, NULL);
 				memset((char *)lens + maxcols * sizeof(int),
 				    0, DEFCOLS * sizeof(int));