1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/console-tools/loadkmap.c b/console-tools/loadkmap.c
index 488585f9c..2321a1ede 100644
--- a/console-tools/loadkmap.c
+++ b/console-tools/loadkmap.c
@@ -67,11 +67,7 @@ int loadkmap_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 exit(FALSE);
         }
 
-        ibuff = (u_short *) malloc(ibuffsz);
-        if (!ibuff) {
-                errorMsg("Out of memory.\n");
-                exit(FALSE);
-        }
+        ibuff = (u_short *) xmalloc(ibuffsz);
 
         for (i = 0; i < MAX_NR_KEYMAPS; i++) {
                 if (flags[i] == 1) {