diff --git a/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_63_modbus_bridge.ino b/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_63_modbus_bridge.ino
index 1f3063570..0dea8d1da 100644
--- a/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_63_modbus_bridge.ino
+++ b/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_63_modbus_bridge.ino
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ void ModbusTCPHandle(void)
           modbusBridge.dataCount = 1;
           modbusBridge.type = ModbusBridgeType::mb_uint16;
 
-          writeData = (uint16_t *)malloc((byteCount)+1);
+          writeData = (uint16_t *)malloc(byteCount+1);
           if (nullptr == writeData)
           {
             ModbusBridgeAllocError(PSTR("write"));