1 files changed, 17 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/src/ralloc.c b/src/ralloc.c
index 11897411930..e5bf76b0e6d 100644
--- a/src/ralloc.c
+++ b/src/ralloc.c
@@ -327,6 +327,8 @@ relinquish (void)
 
       if ((char *)last_heap->end - (char *)last_heap->bloc_start <= excess)
         {
+          heap_ptr lh_prev;
+
           /* This heap should have no blocs in it.  If it does, we
              cannot return it to the system.  */
           if (last_heap->first_bloc != NIL_BLOC
@@ -335,28 +337,26 @@ relinquish (void)
 
           /* Return the last heap, with its header, to the system.  */
           excess = (char *)last_heap->end - (char *)last_heap->start;
-          last_heap = last_heap->prev;
-          last_heap->next = NIL_HEAP;
+          lh_prev = last_heap->prev;
+          /* If the system doesn't want that much memory back, leave
+             last_heap unaltered to reflect that.  This can occur if
+             break_value is still within the original data segment.  */
+          if ((*real_morecore) (- excess) != 0)
+            {
+              last_heap = lh_prev;
+              last_heap->next = NIL_HEAP;
+            }
         }
       else
         {
           excess = (char *) last_heap->end
                         - (char *) ROUNDUP ((char *)last_heap->end - excess);
-          last_heap->end = (char *) last_heap->end - excess;
-        }
-
-      if ((*real_morecore) (- excess) == 0)
-        {
-          /* If the system didn't want that much memory back, adjust
-             the end of the last heap to reflect that.  This can occur
-             if break_value is still within the original data segment.  */
-          last_heap->end = (char *) last_heap->end + excess;
-          /* Make sure that the result of the adjustment is accurate.
-             It should be, for the else clause above; the other case,
-             which returns the entire last heap to the system, seems
-             unlikely to trigger this mode of failure.  */
-          if (last_heap->end != (*real_morecore) (0))
-            emacs_abort ();
+          /* If the system doesn't want that much memory back, leave
+             the end of the last heap unchanged to reflect that.  This
+             can occur if break_value is still within the original
+             data segment.  */
+          if ((*real_morecore) (- excess) != 0)
+            last_heap->end = (char *) last_heap->end - excess;
         }
     }
 }