1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/bb_asprintf.c b/libbb/bb_asprintf.c
index a3ba42454..8658a5408 100644
--- a/libbb/bb_asprintf.c
+++ b/libbb/bb_asprintf.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-   Copyright (C) 2002 Vladimir Oleynik <dzo@simtreas.ru>
+   Copyright (C) 2002,2005 Vladimir Oleynik <dzo@simtreas.ru>
 */
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -7,16 +7,18 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include "libbb.h"
 
-void bb_xasprintf(char **string_ptr, const char *format, ...)
+char *bb_xasprintf(const char *format, ...)
 {
         va_list p;
         int r;
+        char *string_ptr;
 
         va_start(p, format);
-        r = vasprintf(string_ptr, format, p);
+        r = vasprintf(&string_ptr, format, p);
         va_end(p);
 
         if (r < 0) {
                 bb_perror_msg_and_die("bb_xasprintf");
         }
+        return string_ptr;
 }