1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/e2fsprogs/e2p/feature.c b/e2fsprogs/e2p/feature.c
index f4e920a98..a4f3c64cb 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/e2p/feature.c
+++ b/e2fsprogs/e2p/feature.c
@@ -154,9 +154,7 @@ int e2p_edit_feature(const char *str, __u32 *compat_array, __u32 *ok_array)
         unsigned int    mask;
         int             compat_type;
 
-        buf = malloc(strlen(str)+1);
-        if (!buf)
-                return 1;
+        buf = xmalloc(strlen(str)+1);
         strcpy(buf, str);
         cp = buf;
         while (cp && *cp) {