1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index 6484cb9df2..0824c25226 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 static int term_columns(void)
 {
 	char *col_string = getenv("COLUMNS");
-	int n_cols = 0;
+	int n_cols;
 
 	if (col_string && (n_cols = atoi(col_string)) > 0)
 		return n_cols;
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static void show_man_page(const char *git_cmd)
 		page = git_cmd;
 	else {
 		int page_len = strlen(git_cmd) + 4;
-		char *p = malloc(page_len + 1);
+		char *p = xmalloc(page_len + 1);
 		strcpy(p, "git-");
 		strcpy(p + 4, git_cmd);
 		p[page_len] = 0;