for (i = 0; i < reg_list_size; i++)
        {
-               reg_packet_size += reg_list[i]->size;
+               reg_packet_size += DIV_ROUND_UP(reg_list[i]->size, 8) * 2;
        }
 
        assert(reg_packet_size > 0);
 
-       reg_packet = malloc(DIV_ROUND_UP(reg_packet_size, 8) * 2);
+       reg_packet = malloc(reg_packet_size);
        reg_packet_p = reg_packet;
 
        for (i = 0; i < reg_list_size; i++)
 #ifdef _DEBUG_GDB_IO_
        {
                char *reg_packet_p;
-               reg_packet_p = strndup(reg_packet, DIV_ROUND_UP(reg_packet_size, 8) * 2);
+               reg_packet_p = strndup(reg_packet, reg_packet_size);
                LOG_DEBUG("reg_packet: %s", reg_packet_p);
                free(reg_packet_p);
        }
 #endif
 
-       gdb_put_packet(connection, reg_packet, DIV_ROUND_UP(reg_packet_size, 8) * 2);
+       gdb_put_packet(connection, reg_packet, reg_packet_size);
        free(reg_packet);
 
        free(reg_list);