1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/alloc.c b/src/alloc.c
index 0a0b25bcb7d..055f5d82347 100644
--- a/src/alloc.c
+++ b/src/alloc.c
@@ -754,17 +754,20 @@ lisp_align_malloc (nbytes, type)
 #ifdef HAVE_POSIX_MEMALIGN
       {
         int err = posix_memalign (&base, BLOCK_ALIGN, ABLOCKS_BYTES);
-        abase = err ? (base = NULL) : base;
+        if (err)
+          base = NULL;
+        abase = base;
       }
 #else
       base = malloc (ABLOCKS_BYTES);
       abase = ALIGN (base, BLOCK_ALIGN);
+#endif
+
       if (base == 0)
         {
           UNBLOCK_INPUT;
           memory_full ();
         }
-#endif
 
       aligned = (base == abase);
       if (!aligned)