1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib-src/emacsclient.c b/lib-src/emacsclient.c
index 574bec850fa..b139b2fe3f6 100644
--- a/lib-src/emacsclient.c
+++ b/lib-src/emacsclient.c
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ fail (void)
     {
       size_t extra_args_size = (main_argc - optind + 1) * sizeof (char *);
       size_t new_argv_size = extra_args_size;
-      char **new_argv = NULL;
+      char **new_argv = xmalloc (new_argv_size);
       char *s = xstrdup (alternate_editor);
       unsigned toks = 0;