1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib-src/make-docfile.c b/lib-src/make-docfile.c
index 945a92076d2..1cf63e3ab31 100644
--- a/lib-src/make-docfile.c
+++ b/lib-src/make-docfile.c
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ scan_lisp_file (filename, mode)
               /* Read in the contents.  */
               if (saved_string != 0)
                 free (saved_string);
-              saved_string = (char *) malloc (length);
+              saved_string = (char *) xmalloc (length);
               for (i = 0; i < length; i++)
                 saved_string[i] = getc (infile);
               /* The last character is a ^_.