diff --git a/newlib/libc/locale/newlocale.c b/newlib/libc/locale/newlocale.c
index c6c2a9ca9..0789d5fd9 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/locale/newlocale.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/locale/newlocale.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ _newlocale_r (struct _reent *p, int category_mask, const char *locale,
 	      tmp_locale.wctomb = base->wctomb;
 	      tmp_locale.mbtowc = base->mbtowc;
 	      tmp_locale.cjk_lang = base->cjk_lang;
-	      tmp_locale.ctype_ptr - base->ctype_ptr;
+	      tmp_locale.ctype_ptr = base->ctype_ptr;
 	    }
 #ifdef __HAVE_LOCALE_INFO__
 	  /* Mark the values as "has still to be copied".  We do this in