diff --git a/ompi/mca/btl/sctp/btl_sctp_component.c b/ompi/mca/btl/sctp/btl_sctp_component.c
index ac164c3c3d..e7cf50b88b 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/btl/sctp/btl_sctp_component.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/btl/sctp/btl_sctp_component.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
  *                         All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2008      Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2008      Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  * 
  * Additional copyrights may follow
@@ -492,8 +493,12 @@ static int mca_btl_sctp_component_create_instance(void)
         return OMPI_ERROR;
     }
 
-    /* allocate memory for btl */
-    mca_btl_sctp_component.sctp_btls = (mca_btl_sctp_module_t **)malloc(sizeof(mca_btl_sctp_module_t*));
+    /* Allocate memory for btl pointers.  This may be more space then
+       we need as some of the interfaces may get filtered out by the
+       if_include and if_exclude parameters.  But that is just a few
+       unused pointers. */
+    mca_btl_sctp_component.sctp_btls = 
+        (mca_btl_sctp_module_t **)malloc(if_count * sizeof(mca_btl_sctp_module_t*));
     if(NULL == mca_btl_sctp_component.sctp_btls) {
         return OMPI_ERR_OUT_OF_RESOURCE;
     }
diff --git a/ompi/mca/btl/sctp/btl_sctp_utils.c b/ompi/mca/btl/sctp/btl_sctp_utils.c
index 43170e0799..918acef6ae 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/btl/sctp/btl_sctp_utils.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/btl/sctp/btl_sctp_utils.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  *                         University of Stuttgart.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
  *                         All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2008      Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  * 
  * Additional copyrights may follow
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@
 
 
 #include "btl_sctp_utils.h"
+#include "ompi/mca/btl/base/btl_base_error.h"
 
 /**
  * struct sockaddr_in mca_btl_sctp_utils_sockaddr_from_frag