1 files changed, 1 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/human_readable.c b/libbb/human_readable.c
index 0b2eb777e..5c7fc076f 100644
--- a/libbb/human_readable.c
+++ b/libbb/human_readable.c
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ const char* FAST_FUNC make_human_readable_str(unsigned long long val,
                 '\0', 'K', 'M', 'G', 'T', 'P', 'E', 'Z', 'Y'
         };
 
-        static char *str;
-
         unsigned frac; /* 0..9 - the fractional digit */
         const char *u;
         const char *fmt;
@@ -81,12 +79,7 @@ const char* FAST_FUNC make_human_readable_str(unsigned long long val,
 #endif
         }
 
-        if (!str) {
-                /* sufficient for any width of val */
-                str = xmalloc(sizeof(val)*3 + 2 + 3);
-        }
-        sprintf(str, fmt, val, frac, *u);
-        return str;
+        return auto_string(xasprintf(fmt, val, frac, *u));
 }