1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/init/mesg.c b/init/mesg.c
index cfb517f60..ca230f363 100644
--- a/init/mesg.c
+++ b/init/mesg.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ int mesg_main(int argc, char **argv)
         if (--argc == 0
          || (argc == 1 && ((c = **++argv) == 'y' || c == 'n'))
         ) {
-                tty = ttyname(STDERR_FILENO);
+                tty = xmalloc_ttyname(STDERR_FILENO);
                 if (tty == NULL) {
                         tty = "ttyname";
                 } else if (stat(tty, &sb) == 0) {