1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/sort.c b/coreutils/sort.c
index 195e13d13..ea7752d2a 100644
--- a/coreutils/sort.c
+++ b/coreutils/sort.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static struct sort_key *add_key(void)
 {
         struct sort_key **pkey=&key_list;
         while(*pkey) pkey=&((*pkey)->next_key);
-        return *pkey=xcalloc(1,sizeof(struct sort_key));
+        return *pkey = xzalloc(sizeof(struct sort_key));
 }
 
 #define GET_LINE(fp) (global_flags&FLAG_z) ? bb_get_chunk_from_file(fp,NULL) \