1 files changed, 4 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/procps/pidof.c b/procps/pidof.c
index d0d65e0db..169a92007 100644
--- a/procps/pidof.c
+++ b/procps/pidof.c
@@ -54,21 +54,16 @@ extern int pidof_main(int argc, char **argv)
         while(optind < argc) {
                 long* pidList;
 
-                pidList = find_pid_by_name( argv[optind]);
-                if (!pidList || *pidList<=0) {
-                        break;
-                }
-
-                for(; pidList && *pidList!=0; pidList++) {
+                pidList = find_pid_by_name(argv[optind]);
+                for(; *pidList > 0; pidList++) {
                         printf("%s%ld", (n++ ? " " : ""), (long)*pidList);
                         fail = 0;
                         if (single_flag)
                                 break;
                 }
-                /* Note that we don't bother to free the memory
-                 * allocated in find_pid_by_name().  It will be freed
-                 * upon exit, so we can save a byte or two */
+                free(pidList);
                 optind++;
+
         }
         printf("\n");