1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/expr.c b/coreutils/expr.c
index 3f052d92a..969d9fff5 100644
--- a/coreutils/expr.c
+++ b/coreutils/expr.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static int null (VALUE *v)
 static void tostring (VALUE *v)
 {
         if (v->type == integer) {
-               bb_xasprintf (&(v->u.s), "%d", v->u.i);
+                v->u.s = bb_xasprintf ("%d", v->u.i);
                 v->type = string;
         }
 }