diff --git a/src/ivfbuild.c b/src/ivfbuild.c
index 15ba9aa..e4fbfc8 100644
--- a/src/ivfbuild.c
+++ b/src/ivfbuild.c
@@ -506,11 +506,9 @@ CreateListPages(Relation index, VectorArray centers, int dimensions,
 	Buffer		buf;
 	Page		page;
 	GenericXLogState *state;
-	Size		listSize;
 	IvfflatList list;
 
-	listSize = MAXALIGN(IVFFLAT_LIST_SIZE(dimensions));
-	list = palloc(listSize);
+	list = palloc0(BLCKSZ);
 
 	buf = IvfflatNewBuffer(index, forkNum);
 	IvfflatInitRegisterPage(index, &buf, &page, &state);
@@ -518,11 +516,13 @@ CreateListPages(Relation index, VectorArray centers, int dimensions,
 	for (int i = 0; i < lists; i++)
 	{
 		OffsetNumber offno;
+		Datum		center = PointerGetDatum(VectorArrayGet(centers, i));
+		Size		listSize = MAXALIGN(IVFFLAT_LIST_SIZE(center));
 
 		/* Load list */
 		list->startPage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 		list->insertPage = InvalidBlockNumber;
-		memcpy(&list->center, VectorArrayGet(centers, i), VECTOR_SIZE(dimensions));
+		memcpy(&list->center, DatumGetPointer(center), VARSIZE_ANY(center));
 
 		/* Ensure free space */
 		if (PageGetFreeSpace(page) < listSize)
diff --git a/src/ivfflat.h b/src/ivfflat.h
index 1b6511e..3daab57 100644
--- a/src/ivfflat.h
+++ b/src/ivfflat.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 #define PROGRESS_IVFFLAT_PHASE_ASSIGN	3
 #define PROGRESS_IVFFLAT_PHASE_LOAD		4
 
-#define IVFFLAT_LIST_SIZE(_dim)	(offsetof(IvfflatListData, center) + VECTOR_SIZE(_dim))
+#define IVFFLAT_LIST_SIZE(_datum)	(offsetof(IvfflatListData, center) + VARSIZE_ANY(_datum))
 
 #define IvfflatPageGetOpaque(page)	((IvfflatPageOpaque) PageGetSpecialPointer(page))
 #define IvfflatPageGetMeta(page)	((IvfflatMetaPageData *) PageGetContents(page))
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ typedef struct IvfflatListData
 {
 	BlockNumber startPage;
 	BlockNumber insertPage;
-	Vector		center;
+	char		center[FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER];
 }			IvfflatListData;
 
 typedef IvfflatListData * IvfflatList;