1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/findutils/xargs.c b/findutils/xargs.c
index e46708303..d067a3f48 100644
--- a/findutils/xargs.c
+++ b/findutils/xargs.c
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ int xargs_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
                 /* allocating pointers for execvp:
                    a*arg, n*arg from stdin, NULL */
-                args = xcalloc(n + a + 1, sizeof(char *));
+                args = xzalloc((n + a + 1) * sizeof(char *));
 
                 /* Store the command to be executed
                    (taken from the command line) */