1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/procps/pidof.c b/procps/pidof.c
index 2519473e8..780504433 100644
--- a/procps/pidof.c
+++ b/procps/pidof.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ int pidof_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         unsigned first = 1;
         unsigned opt;
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_PIDOF_OMIT
-        char ppid_str[sizeof(int)*3 + 1];
         llist_t *omits = NULL; /* list of pids to omit */
         opt_complementary = "o::";
 #endif
@@ -39,8 +38,7 @@ int pidof_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                 while (omits_p) {
                         /* are we asked to exclude the parent's process ID?  */
                         if (strcmp(omits_p->data, "%PPID") == 0) {
-                                sprintf(ppid_str, "%u", (unsigned)getppid());
-                                omits_p->data = ppid_str;
+                                omits_p->data = utoa((unsigned)getppid());
                         }
                         omits_p = omits_p->link;
                 }