1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/strings.c b/miscutils/strings.c
index bd07f5d3e..7758907c7 100644
--- a/miscutils/strings.c
+++ b/miscutils/strings.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ int strings_main(int argc, char **argv)
         argv += optind;
 
         n = bb_xgetlarg(n_arg, 10, 1, INT_MAX);
-        string = xcalloc(n + 1, 1);
+        string = xzalloc(n + 1);
         n--;
 
         if (argc == 0) {