2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/findutils/xargs.c b/findutils/xargs.c
index 01aa5be69..48adae90a 100644
--- a/findutils/xargs.c
+++ b/findutils/xargs.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ int xargs_main(int argc, char **argv)
         /* Store the command to be executed (taken from the command line) */
         if (argc == 1) {
                 /* default behavior is to echo all the filenames */
-                cmd_to_be_executed = strdup("/bin/echo ");
+                cmd_to_be_executed = xstrdup("/bin/echo ");
         } else {
                 /* concatenate all the arguments passed to xargs together */
                 int i;
diff --git a/xargs.c b/xargs.c
index 01aa5be69..48adae90a 100644
--- a/xargs.c
+++ b/xargs.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ int xargs_main(int argc, char **argv)
         /* Store the command to be executed (taken from the command line) */
         if (argc == 1) {
                 /* default behavior is to echo all the filenames */
-                cmd_to_be_executed = strdup("/bin/echo ");
+                cmd_to_be_executed = xstrdup("/bin/echo ");
         } else {
                 /* concatenate all the arguments passed to xargs together */
                 int i;