1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ln.c b/ln.c
index 8b8fa1c58..d5f44ea4c 100644
--- a/ln.c
+++ b/ln.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ extern int ln_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
                 if (linkIntoDirFlag == TRUE) {
                         char *baseName = get_last_path_component(*argv);
-                        linkName = (char *)malloc(strlen(dirName)+strlen(baseName)+2);
+                        linkName = (char *)xmalloc(strlen(dirName)+strlen(baseName)+2);
                         strcpy(linkName, dirName);
                         if(dirName[strlen(dirName)-1] != '/')
                                 strcat(linkName, "/");