1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/e2fsprogs/e2p/mntopts.c b/e2fsprogs/e2p/mntopts.c
index 6d0eca0ae..735260ce0 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/e2p/mntopts.c
+++ b/e2fsprogs/e2p/mntopts.c
@@ -99,9 +99,7 @@ int e2p_edit_mntopts(const char *str, __u32 *mntopts, __u32 ok)
         int     neg;
         unsigned int    mask;
 
-        buf = malloc(strlen(str)+1);
-        if (!buf)
-                return 1;
+        buf = xmalloc(strlen(str)+1);
         strcpy(buf, str);
         cp = buf;
         while (cp && *cp) {