diff --git a/dns_sd.c b/dns_sd.c
index b739ab580..b5ce221ca 100644
--- a/dns_sd.c
+++ b/dns_sd.c
@@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ void remove_dup_discovery_data(struct dns_sd_discovery_data **ddata)
 
 int dnssd_context_scan(struct iio_scan_result *scan_result)
 {
-	struct iio_context_info **info;
 	struct dns_sd_discovery_data *ddata, *ndata;
+	struct iio_context_info *info;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	ret = dnssd_find_hosts(&ddata);
@@ -251,14 +251,14 @@ int dnssd_context_scan(struct iio_scan_result *scan_result)
 		goto fail;
 
 	for (ndata = ddata; ndata->next != NULL; ndata = ndata->next) {
-		info = iio_scan_result_add(scan_result, 1);
+		info = iio_scan_result_add(scan_result);
 		if (!info) {
 			IIO_ERROR("Out of memory when adding new scan result\n");
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			break;
 		}
 
-		ret = dnssd_fill_context_info(*info,
+		ret = dnssd_fill_context_info(info,
 				ndata->hostname, ndata->addr_str,ndata->port);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			IIO_DEBUG("Failed to add %s (%s) err: %d\n", ndata->hostname, ndata->addr_str, ret);
diff --git a/iio-private.h b/iio-private.h
index 5ce458688..b5bbf93f3 100644
--- a/iio-private.h
+++ b/iio-private.h
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ struct iio_scan_result {
 	struct iio_context_info **info;
 };
 
-struct iio_context_info ** iio_scan_result_add(
-	struct iio_scan_result *scan_result, size_t num);
+struct iio_context_info *
+iio_scan_result_add(struct iio_scan_result *scan_result);
 
 void free_channel(struct iio_channel *chn);
 void free_device(struct iio_device *dev);
diff --git a/local.c b/local.c
index 88a878eaa..e3a799de2 100644
--- a/local.c
+++ b/local.c
@@ -2132,7 +2132,7 @@ static int check_device(void *d, const char *path)
 
 int local_context_scan(struct iio_scan_result *scan_result)
 {
-	struct iio_context_info **info;
+	struct iio_context_info *info;
 	bool exists = false;
 	char *desc, *uri, *machine, buf[2 * BUF_SIZE], names[BUF_SIZE];
 	int ret;
@@ -2169,12 +2169,13 @@ int local_context_scan(struct iio_scan_result *scan_result)
 	if (!uri)
 		goto err_free_desc;
 
-	info = iio_scan_result_add(scan_result, 1);
+	info = iio_scan_result_add(scan_result);
 	if (!info)
 		goto err_free_uri;
 
-	info[0]->description = desc;
-	info[0]->uri = uri;
+	info->description = desc;
+	info->uri = uri;
+
 	return 0;
 
 err_free_uri:
diff --git a/scan.c b/scan.c
index 925c7f103..4e3515801 100644
--- a/scan.c
+++ b/scan.c
@@ -86,33 +86,27 @@ void iio_context_info_list_free(struct iio_context_info **list)
 	free(list);
 }
 
-struct iio_context_info ** iio_scan_result_add(
-		struct iio_scan_result *scan_result, size_t num)
+struct iio_context_info *
+iio_scan_result_add(struct iio_scan_result *scan_result)
 {
 	struct iio_context_info **info;
-	size_t old_size, new_size;
-	size_t i;
+	size_t size = scan_result->size;
 
-	old_size = scan_result->size;
-	new_size = old_size + num;
-
-	info = realloc(scan_result->info, (new_size + 1) * sizeof(*info));
+	info = realloc(scan_result->info, (size + 2) * sizeof(*info));
 	if (!info)
 		return NULL;
 
 	scan_result->info = info;
-	scan_result->size = new_size;
+	scan_result->size = size + 1;
 
-	for (i = old_size; i < new_size; i++) {
-		/* Make sure iio_context_info_list_free won't overflow */
-		info[i + 1] = NULL;
+	/* Make sure iio_context_info_list_free won't overflow */
+	info[size + 1] = NULL;
 
-		info[i] = zalloc(sizeof(**info));
-		if (!info[i])
-			return NULL;
-	}
+	info[size] = zalloc(sizeof(**info));
+	if (!info[size])
+		return NULL;
 
-	return &info[old_size];
+	return info[size];
 }
 
 struct iio_scan_context * iio_create_scan_context(
diff --git a/usb.c b/usb.c
index 8a7210d8b..c2645ca14 100644
--- a/usb.c
+++ b/usb.c
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ static int usb_fill_context_info(struct iio_context_info *info,
 
 int usb_context_scan(struct iio_scan_result *scan_result)
 {
-	struct iio_context_info **info;
+	struct iio_context_info *info;
 	libusb_device **device_list;
 	libusb_context *ctx;
 	unsigned int i;
@@ -1228,12 +1228,12 @@ int usb_context_scan(struct iio_scan_result *scan_result)
 			continue;
 
 		if (!iio_usb_match_device(dev, hdl, &intrfc)) {
-			info = iio_scan_result_add(scan_result, 1);
+			info = iio_scan_result_add(scan_result);
 			if (!info)
 				ret = -ENOMEM;
 			else
-				ret = usb_fill_context_info(*info, dev, hdl,
-						intrfc);
+				ret = usb_fill_context_info(info, dev, hdl,
+							    intrfc);
 		}
 
 		libusb_close(hdl);