diff --git a/lapack-netlib/LAPACKE/src/lapacke_stpmqrt.c b/lapack-netlib/LAPACKE/src/lapacke_stpmqrt.c
index 29df845a1..f7d65aca8 100644
--- a/lapack-netlib/LAPACKE/src/lapacke_stpmqrt.c
+++ b/lapack-netlib/LAPACKE/src/lapacke_stpmqrt.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ lapack_int LAPACKE_stpmqrt( int matrix_layout, char side, char trans,
 {
     lapack_int ncols_a, nrows_a;
     lapack_int nrows_v;
+    lapack_int lwork;
     lapack_int info = 0;
     float* work = NULL;
     if( matrix_layout != LAPACK_COL_MAJOR && matrix_layout != LAPACK_ROW_MAJOR ) {
@@ -69,7 +70,9 @@ lapack_int LAPACKE_stpmqrt( int matrix_layout, char side, char trans,
     }
 #endif
     /* Allocate memory for working array(s) */
-    work = (float*)LAPACKE_malloc( sizeof(float) * MAX(1,m) * MAX(1,nb) );
+    lwork = LAPACKE_lsame( side, 'L' ) ? MAX(1,nb) * MAX(1,n) :
+                       ( LAPACKE_lsame( side, 'R' ) ? MAX(1,m) * MAX(1,nb) : 0 );
+    work = (float*)LAPACKE_malloc( sizeof(float) * lwork );
     if( work == NULL ) {
         info = LAPACK_WORK_MEMORY_ERROR;
         goto exit_level_0;