1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/archival/dpkg.c b/archival/dpkg.c
index 89446574e..5f9f3a76b 100644
--- a/archival/dpkg.c
+++ b/archival/dpkg.c
@@ -1299,7 +1299,7 @@ static char **all_control_list(const char *package_name)
         char **remove_files;
 
         /* Create a list of all /var/lib/dpkg/info/<package> files */
-        remove_files = malloc(sizeof(all_control_files));
+        remove_files = xmalloc(sizeof(all_control_files));
         while (all_control_files[i]) {
                 remove_files[i] = xmalloc(strlen(package_name) + strlen(all_control_files[i]) + 21);
                 sprintf(remove_files[i], "/var/lib/dpkg/info/%s.%s", package_name, all_control_files[i]);