1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/readline/savestring.c b/lib/readline/savestring.c
index 63f467a..af98538 100644
--- a/lib/readline/savestring.c
+++ b/lib/readline/savestring.c
@@ -33,5 +33,9 @@ char *
 savestring (s)
      const char *s;
 {
-  return ((char *)strcpy ((char *)xmalloc (1 + strlen (s)), (s)));
+  char *ret;
+
+  ret = (char *)xmalloc (strlen (s) + 1);
+  strcpy (ret, s);
+  return ret;
 }