1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/cut.c b/coreutils/cut.c
index 98fdb5356..1b80e7e73 100644
--- a/coreutils/cut.c
+++ b/coreutils/cut.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static void cut_line_by_chars(const char *line)
 {
         int c, l;
         /* set up a list so we can keep track of what's been printed */
-        char *printed = xcalloc(strlen(line), sizeof(char));
+        char *printed = xzalloc(strlen(line));
 
         /* print the chars specified in each cut list */
         for (c = 0; c < nlists; c++) {
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static void cut_line_by_fields(char *line)
         }
 
         /* set up a list so we can keep track of what's been printed */
-        printed = xcalloc(strlen(line), sizeof(char));
+        printed = xzalloc(strlen(line));
 
         /* process each list on this line, for as long as we've got a line to process */
         for (c = 0; c < nlists && line; c++) {