2 files changed, 3 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/bb_askpass.c b/libbb/bb_askpass.c
index 1927ba9e9..c2580b9eb 100644
--- a/libbb/bb_askpass.c
+++ b/libbb/bb_askpass.c
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
 /*
  * Ask for a password
- * I use a static buffer in this function.  Plan accordingly.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
  *
@@ -23,8 +22,8 @@ char* FAST_FUNC bb_ask(const int fd, int timeout, const char *prompt)
 {
         /* Was static char[BIGNUM] */
         enum { sizeof_passwd = 128 };
-        static char *passwd;
 
+        char *passwd;
         char *ret;
         int i;
         struct sigaction sa, oldsa;
@@ -62,8 +61,7 @@ char* FAST_FUNC bb_ask(const int fd, int timeout, const char *prompt)
                 alarm(timeout);
         }
 
-        if (!passwd)
-                passwd = xmalloc(sizeof_passwd);
+        passwd = auto_string(xmalloc(sizeof_passwd));
         ret = passwd;
         i = 0;
         while (1) {
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));
 }