1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/diff.c b/coreutils/diff.c
index 1903bb151..75557187c 100644
--- a/coreutils/diff.c
+++ b/coreutils/diff.c
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ static int add_to_dirlist(const char *filename,
 static char **get_dir(char *path)
 {
         dl_count = 0;
-        dl = NULL;
+        dl = xzalloc(sizeof(dl[0]));
 
         /* If -r has been set, then the recursive_action function will be
          * used. Unfortunately, this outputs the root directory along with