1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/editors/sed.c b/editors/sed.c
index 19e768355..fd9dd1be6 100644
--- a/editors/sed.c
+++ b/editors/sed.c
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ static void process_files(void)
                         /* append next_line, read new next_line. */
                         }
                         len = strlen(pattern_space);
-                        pattern_space = realloc(pattern_space, len + strlen(next_line) + 2);
+                        pattern_space = xrealloc(pattern_space, len + strlen(next_line) + 2);
                         pattern_space[len] = '\n';
                         strcpy(pattern_space + len+1, next_line);
                         last_gets_char = next_gets_char;