1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/editors/awk.c b/editors/awk.c
index 08ff02adb..7e4f0d142 100644
--- a/editors/awk.c
+++ b/editors/awk.c
@@ -535,7 +535,6 @@ struct globals {
         var *Fields;
         nvblock *g_cb;
         char *g_pos;
-        char *g_buf;
         smallint icase;
         smallint exiting;
         smallint nextrec;
@@ -571,6 +570,8 @@ struct globals2 {
 
         /* biggest and least used members go last */
         tsplitter fsplitter, rsplitter;
+
+        char g_buf[MAXVARFMT + 1];
 };
 #define G1 (ptr_to_globals[-1])
 #define G (*(struct globals2 *)ptr_to_globals)
@@ -598,7 +599,6 @@ struct globals2 {
 #define Fields       (G1.Fields      )
 #define g_cb         (G1.g_cb        )
 #define g_pos        (G1.g_pos       )
-#define g_buf        (G1.g_buf       )
 #define icase        (G1.icase       )
 #define exiting      (G1.exiting     )
 #define nextrec      (G1.nextrec     )
@@ -612,6 +612,7 @@ struct globals2 {
 #define intvar       (G.intvar      )
 #define fsplitter    (G.fsplitter   )
 #define rsplitter    (G.rsplitter   )
+#define g_buf        (G.g_buf       )
 #define INIT_G() do { \
         SET_PTR_TO_GLOBALS((char*)xzalloc(sizeof(G1)+sizeof(G)) + sizeof(G1)); \
         t_tclass = TS_OPTERM; \
@@ -3353,9 +3354,6 @@ int awk_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         if (ENABLE_LOCALE_SUPPORT)
                 setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "C");
 
-        /* allocate global buffer */
-        g_buf = xmalloc(MAXVARFMT + 1);
-
         vhash = hash_init();
         ahash = hash_init();
         fdhash = hash_init();