diff --git a/mpc.c b/mpc.c
index fc560bf..a3d6c7b 100644
--- a/mpc.c
+++ b/mpc.c
@@ -1046,12 +1046,26 @@ enum {
 
 #define MPC_MAX_RECURSION_DEPTH 1000
 
+static mpc_result_t *grow_results(mpc_input_t *i, int j, mpc_result_t *results_stk, mpc_result_t *results){
+  mpc_result_t *tmp_results = results;
+
+  if (j == MPC_PARSE_STACK_MIN) {
+    int results_slots = j + j / 2;
+    tmp_results = mpc_malloc(i, sizeof(mpc_result_t) * results_slots);
+    memcpy(tmp_results, results_stk, sizeof(mpc_result_t) * MPC_PARSE_STACK_MIN);
+  } else if (j >= MPC_PARSE_STACK_MIN) {
+    int results_slots = j + j / 2;
+    tmp_results = mpc_realloc(i, tmp_results, sizeof(mpc_result_t) * results_slots);
+  }
+
+  return tmp_results;
+}
+
 static int mpc_parse_run(mpc_input_t *i, mpc_parser_t *p, mpc_result_t *r, mpc_err_t **e, int depth) {
 
   int j = 0, k = 0;
   mpc_result_t results_stk[MPC_PARSE_STACK_MIN];
   mpc_result_t *results;
-  int results_slots = MPC_PARSE_STACK_MIN;
 
   if (depth == MPC_MAX_RECURSION_DEPTH)
   {
@@ -1176,14 +1190,7 @@ static int mpc_parse_run(mpc_input_t *i, mpc_parser_t *p, mpc_result_t *r, mpc_e
 
       while (mpc_parse_run(i, p->data.repeat.x, &results[j], e, depth+1)) {
         j++;
-        if (j == MPC_PARSE_STACK_MIN) {
-          results_slots = j + j / 2;
-          results = mpc_malloc(i, sizeof(mpc_result_t) * results_slots);
-          memcpy(results, results_stk, sizeof(mpc_result_t) * MPC_PARSE_STACK_MIN);
-        } else if (j >= results_slots) {
-          results_slots = j + j / 2;
-          results = mpc_realloc(i, results, sizeof(mpc_result_t) * results_slots);
-        }
+        results = grow_results(i, j, results_stk, results);
       }
 
       *e = mpc_err_merge(i, *e, results[j].error);
@@ -1198,14 +1205,7 @@ static int mpc_parse_run(mpc_input_t *i, mpc_parser_t *p, mpc_result_t *r, mpc_e
 
       while (mpc_parse_run(i, p->data.repeat.x, &results[j], e, depth+1)) {
         j++;
-        if (j == MPC_PARSE_STACK_MIN) {
-          results_slots = j + j / 2;
-          results = mpc_malloc(i, sizeof(mpc_result_t) * results_slots);
-          memcpy(results, results_stk, sizeof(mpc_result_t) * MPC_PARSE_STACK_MIN);
-        } else if (j >= results_slots) {
-          results_slots = j + j / 2;
-          results = mpc_realloc(i, results, sizeof(mpc_result_t) * results_slots);
-        }
+        results = grow_results(i, j, results_stk, results);
       }
 
       if (j == 0) {