1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/dd.c b/dd.c
index 0d5b3e8ab..f40dec712 100644
--- a/dd.c
+++ b/dd.c
@@ -114,11 +114,7 @@ extern int dd_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 argv++;
         }
 
-        buf = malloc(blockSize);
-        if (buf == NULL) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "Cannot allocate buffer\n");
-                exit(FALSE);
-        }
+        buf = xmalloc(blockSize);
 
         intotal = 0;
         outTotal = 0;