diff --git a/src/sprite.c b/src/sprite.c
index 8c0e27c418..b37d1e1c55 100644
--- a/src/sprite.c
+++ b/src/sprite.c
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ EWRAM_DATA static u16 sSpritePriorities[MAX_SPRITES] = {0};
 EWRAM_DATA static u8 sSpriteOrder[MAX_SPRITES] = {0};
 EWRAM_DATA static bool8 sShouldProcessSpriteCopyRequests = 0;
 EWRAM_DATA static u8 sSpriteCopyRequestCount = 0;
-EWRAM_DATA static struct SpriteCopyRequest sSpriteCopyRequests[MAX_SPRITES] = {0};
+EWRAM_DATA static struct SpriteCopyRequest sSpriteCopyRequests[MAX_SPRITE_COPY_REQUESTS] = {0};
 EWRAM_DATA u8 gOamLimit = 0;
 EWRAM_DATA u16 gReservedSpriteTileCount = 0;
 EWRAM_DATA static u8 sSpriteTileAllocBitmap[128] = {0};