1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/regress/lib/libc/malloc/malloc_errs/malloc_errs.c b/src/regress/lib/libc/malloc/malloc_errs/malloc_errs.c
index 486c247f0d..57d799f49d 100644
--- a/src/regress/lib/libc/malloc/malloc_errs/malloc_errs.c
+++ b/src/regress/lib/libc/malloc/malloc_errs/malloc_errs.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*      $OpenBSD: malloc_errs.c,v 1.5 2024/04/14 17:47:41 otto Exp $    */
+/*      $OpenBSD: malloc_errs.c,v 1.6 2025/05/24 06:40:29 otto Exp $    */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2023 Otto Moerbeek <otto@drijf.net>
  *
@@ -286,11 +286,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         int i, status;
         pid_t pid;
         char num[10];
-        char options[10];
-        extern char* malloc_options;
+        char options[40];
+        char const *env[2];
 
-        if (argc == 3) {
-                malloc_options = argv[2];
+        if (argc == 2) {
                 /* prevent coredumps */
                 setrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &lim);
                 i = atoi(argv[1]);
@@ -303,9 +302,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                 pid = fork();
                 switch (pid) {
                 case 0:
-                        snprintf(options, sizeof(options), "us%s", tests[i].flags);
+                        snprintf(options, sizeof(options), "MALLOC_OPTIONS=us%s", tests[i].flags);
                         snprintf(num, sizeof(num), "%d", i);
-                        execl(argv[0], argv[0], num, options, NULL);
+                        env[0] = options;
+                        env[1] = NULL;
+                        execle(argv[0], argv[0], num, NULL, env);
                         err(1, "exec");
                 break;
                 case -1: