diff --git a/c-programming/strings/str_replace.c b/c-programming/strings/str_replace.c
index 9a6c658..934a34c 100644
--- a/c-programming/strings/str_replace.c
+++ b/c-programming/strings/str_replace.c
@@ -47,10 +47,8 @@ char* str_replace(
 	size_t new_len = strlen(str) + count * (replacement_len - substr_len);
 
 	char* result = malloc((new_len + 1) * sizeof(char));
-	if (result == NULL) {
-		perror("malloc");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
+	if (result == NULL)
+		return NULL;
 
 	const char* q = str;
 	char* r = result;