1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index 1af8e5e..fb18e23 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
    If errors occur, return non-zero; otherwise the return value is
    zero.
-   
+
    Note that *str should be already allocated.
 
    Note that the length of the string str is actually 1+length, and
@@ -29,16 +29,18 @@ read_entire_file(const char *file_name, char **str, NUM *len)
   fseek(file, 0, SEEK_END);
   file_size = ftell(file);
   fseek(file, 0, SEEK_SET);
-  
+
   *len = 1+file_size;
 
-  *str = realloc(*str, 1+file_size);
-  
-  if (*str == NULL) {
+  char *newstr = realloc(*str, 1+file_size);
+
+  if (newstr == NULL) {
     fleprintf0("Cannot realloc\n");
     return 1;
   }
 
+  *str = newstr;
+
   fread(*str, sizeof(char), file_size, file);
 
   fclose(file);