1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/findutils/xargs.c b/findutils/xargs.c
index 5d64d0c9f..c63518fe5 100644
--- a/findutils/xargs.c
+++ b/findutils/xargs.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ int xargs_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 /* concatenate all the arguments passed to xargs together */
                 int i;
                 int len = 1; /* for the '\0' */
+                cmd_to_be_executed = xmalloc(80);
                 for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
                         len += strlen(argv[i]);
                         len += 1;  /* for the space between the args */