diff --git a/src/keymgmt.c b/src/keymgmt.c
index af3ffebd..9f0ebda7 100644
--- a/src/keymgmt.c
+++ b/src/keymgmt.c
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ static void *p11prov_ec_gen(void *genctx, OSSL_CALLBACK *cb_fn, void *cb_arg)
         { CKA_EC_PARAMS, (CK_BYTE *)ctx->data.ec.ec_params,
           ctx->data.ec.ec_params_size },
     };
-#define EC_PRIVKEY_TMPL_SIZE 6
+#define EC_PRIVKEY_TMPL_SIZE 5
     CK_ATTRIBUTE privkey_template[EC_PRIVKEY_TMPL_SIZE + COMMON_TMPL_SIZE] = {
         { CKA_TOKEN, DISCARD_CONST(&val_true), sizeof(CK_BBOOL) },
         { CKA_PRIVATE, DISCARD_CONST(&val_true), sizeof(CK_BBOOL) },