1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index ed1c65e30..5b1bc2a89 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static int split_cmdline(char *cmdline, const char ***argv)
 	int src, dst, count = 0, size = 16;
 	char quoted = 0;
 
-	*argv = malloc(sizeof(char*) * size);
+	*argv = xmalloc(sizeof(char*) * size);
 
 	/* split alias_string */
 	(*argv)[count++] = cmdline;