diff --git a/src/kernel/frame_allocator.cpp b/src/kernel/frame_allocator.cpp
index 83a47c8..349ba85 100644
--- a/src/kernel/frame_allocator.cpp
+++ b/src/kernel/frame_allocator.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ frame_allocator::allocate(size_t count, uintptr_t *address)
 			}
 		}
 
-		return count;
+		return n;
 	}
 
 	kassert(false, "frame_allocator ran out of free frames!");