diff --git a/trunk/src/or/buffers.c b/trunk/src/or/buffers.c
index 6e851f5e36..cf511f7ad7 100644
--- a/trunk/src/or/buffers.c
+++ b/trunk/src/or/buffers.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ int flush_buf(int s, char **buf, size_t *buflen, size_t *buf_datalen) {
 
   /* this is the point where you would grow the buffer, if you want to */
 
-  write_result = write(s, buf, *buf_datalen);
+  write_result = write(s, *buf, *buf_datalen);
   if (write_result < 0) {
     if(errno!=EAGAIN) { /* it's a real error */
       return -1;