diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/lbalance.c b/fs/reiserfs/lbalance.c
index 249594a821e0..f5cebd70d903 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/lbalance.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/lbalance.c
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ static void leaf_item_bottle(struct buffer_info *dest_bi,
 			 * 'cpy_bytes'; create new item header;
 			 * n_ih = new item_header;
 			 */
-			memcpy(&n_ih, ih, SHORT_KEY_SIZE);
+			memcpy(&n_ih.ih_key, &ih->ih_key, KEY_SIZE);
 
 			/* Endian safe, both le */
 			n_ih.ih_version = ih->ih_version;
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.h b/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.h
index 2adcde137c3f..5dcf3ab83886 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.h
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.h
@@ -1326,7 +1326,6 @@ struct cpu_key {
 #define KEY_NOT_FOUND 0
 
 #define KEY_SIZE (sizeof(struct reiserfs_key))
-#define SHORT_KEY_SIZE (sizeof (__u32) + sizeof (__u32))
 
 /* return values for search_by_key and clones */
 #define ITEM_FOUND 1