diff --git a/usr.bin/killall/killall.c b/usr.bin/killall/killall.c
index aca0830c158b..7a8d5fe36a20 100644
--- a/usr.bin/killall/killall.c
+++ b/usr.bin/killall/killall.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
 	struct stat	sb;
 	struct passwd	*pw;
 	regex_t		rgx;
-	regmatch_t	pmatch;
+	regmatch_t	pmatch[1];
 	int		i, j, ch;
 	char		buf[256];
 	char		first;
@@ -361,9 +361,9 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
 				}
 			}
 			if (mflag) {
-				pmatch.rm_so = 0;
-				pmatch.rm_eo = strlen(thiscmd);
-				if (regexec(&rgx, thiscmd, 0, &pmatch,
+				pmatch[0].rm_so = 0;
+				pmatch[0].rm_eo = strlen(thiscmd);
+				if (regexec(&rgx, thiscmd, 0, pmatch,
 				    REG_STARTEND) != 0)
 					matched = 0;
 				regfree(&rgx);
@@ -387,9 +387,9 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
 				}
 			}
 			if (mflag) {
-				pmatch.rm_so = 0;
-				pmatch.rm_eo = strlen(thiscmd);
-				if (regexec(&rgx, thiscmd, 0, &pmatch,
+				pmatch[0].rm_so = 0;
+				pmatch[0].rm_eo = strlen(thiscmd);
+				if (regexec(&rgx, thiscmd, 0, pmatch,
 				    REG_STARTEND) == 0)
 					matched = 1;
 				regfree(&rgx);
diff --git a/usr.bin/split/split.c b/usr.bin/split/split.c
index 9028b29d1c69..46f6ec03a32d 100644
--- a/usr.bin/split/split.c
+++ b/usr.bin/split/split.c
@@ -281,11 +281,11 @@ split2(void)
 
 		/* Check if we need to start a new file */
 		if (pflag) {
-			regmatch_t pmatch;
+			regmatch_t pmatch[1];
 
-			pmatch.rm_so = 0;
-			pmatch.rm_eo = len - 1;
-			if (regexec(&rgx, bfr, 0, &pmatch, REG_STARTEND) == 0)
+			pmatch[0].rm_so = 0;
+			pmatch[0].rm_eo = len - 1;
+			if (regexec(&rgx, bfr, 0, pmatch, REG_STARTEND) == 0)
 				newfile();
 		} else if (lcnt++ == numlines) {
 			newfile();