diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0a6d4f1e..853dc86d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-04-22  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
+
+	* libmisc/utmp.c: Use xmalloc() rather than malloc().
+
 2009-04-22  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
 
 	* libmisc/utmp.c: The name returned by ttyame() needs to be copied
diff --git a/libmisc/utmp.c b/libmisc/utmp.c
index edd381c2..75a552fa 100644
--- a/libmisc/utmp.c
+++ b/libmisc/utmp.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ struct utmp *get_current_utmp (void)
 	}
 
 	if (NULL != ut) {
-		ret = malloc (sizeof (*ret));
+		ret = (struct utmp *) xmalloc (sizeof (*ret));
 		memcpy (ret, ut, sizeof (*ret));
 	}