diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e30360edf25d..f9064dd52bb8 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -14418,7 +14418,7 @@ main (void)
 {
 
       void *sym[1];
-      backtrace_symbols(&sym, sizeof(sym))
+      backtrace_symbols(sym, sizeof(sym))
   ;
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7d75c5cc3c14..14287b5e5137 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2163,7 +2163,7 @@ if test "x$ac_cv_header_execinfo_h" = "xyes"; then
       #include <execinfo.h>
     ]], [[
       void *sym[1];
-      backtrace_symbols(&sym, sizeof(sym)) ]])],[
+      backtrace_symbols(sym, sizeof(sym)) ]])],[
       AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
       ac_cv_lib_execinfo_backtrace_symbols="yes"
     ],[