sizeof when applied to a pointer typed expression gives the size of the
pointer.
Found by coccinelle spatch "misc/noderef.cocci"

Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer <tho...@m3y3r.de>
---

diff -u -p a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c 
b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
@@ -6973,7 +6973,7 @@ static int rtw_mp_ctx(struct net_device
        stop = strncmp(extra, "stop", 4);
        sscanf(extra, "count =%d, pkt", &count);
 
-       _rtw_memset(extra, '\0', sizeof(extra));
+       _rtw_memset(extra, '\0', sizeof(*extra));
 
        if (stop == 0) {
                bStartTest = 0; /*  To set Stop */
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