1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/xterm.c b/src/xterm.c
index 582eb2fd5fb..868c8688e42 100644
--- a/src/xterm.c
+++ b/src/xterm.c
@@ -6474,10 +6474,12 @@ x_list_fonts (f, pattern, size, maxnames)
             {
               char *name = (char *) XGetAtomName (dpy, (Atom) value);
               int len = strlen (name);
+              char *tmp;
 
               num_fonts = 1;
               names = alloca (sizeof (char *));
-              names[0] = alloca (len + 1);
+              /* Some systems only allow alloca assigned to a simple var.  */
+              tmp = alloca (len + 1);  names[0] = tmp;
               bcopy (name, names[0], len + 1);
               XFree (name);
             }