diff --git a/pdf/pdf_sec.c b/pdf/pdf_sec.c
index 565ae80ca..7e8f6719d 100644
--- a/pdf/pdf_sec.c
+++ b/pdf/pdf_sec.c
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ static int apply_sasl(pdf_context *ctx, char *Password, int Len, char **NewPassw
* this easy: the errors we want to ignore are the ones with
* codes less than 100. */
if ((int)err < 100) {
- NewPassword = Password;
- NewLen = Len;
+ *NewPassword = Password;
+ *NewLen = Len;
return 0;
}