1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/dmesg.c b/dmesg.c
index bbed8221a..2bbf43a12 100644
--- a/dmesg.c
+++ b/dmesg.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ int dmesg_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
         if (bufsize < 4096)
                 bufsize = 4096;
-        buf = (char *) malloc(bufsize);
+        buf = (char *) xmalloc(bufsize);
         n = klogctl(cmd, buf, bufsize);
         if (n < 0) {
                 goto klogctl_error;