diff --git a/examples/flow_filtering/snippets/snippet_match_mpls.c b/examples/flow_filtering/snippets/snippet_match_mpls.c
index 8382ec7041f..77532833fa9 100644
--- a/examples/flow_filtering/snippets/snippet_match_mpls.c
+++ b/examples/flow_filtering/snippets/snippet_match_mpls.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ snippet_mpls_create_actions(struct rte_flow_action *actions)
 	/* Create one action that moves the packet to the selected queue. */
 	struct rte_flow_action_queue *queue;
 
-	queue = calloc(1, sizeof(struct rte_flow_item_ipv4));
+	queue = calloc(1, sizeof(struct rte_flow_action_queue));
 	if (queue == NULL)
 		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to allocate memory for queue\n");