diff --git a/dropbear/dbutil.c b/dropbear/dbutil.c
index 13c9c7b..2ca8bbb 100644
--- a/dropbear/dbutil.c
+++ b/dropbear/dbutil.c
@@ -625,12 +625,12 @@ void run_shell_command(const char* cmd, unsigned int maxfd, char* usershell) {
 	baseshell = basename(usershell);
 
 	if (cmd && !strncmp(cmd, "scp ", 4)) {
-		char *t = malloc(strlen(cmd)+strlen(NDK_EXECUTABLES_PATH)+80);
+		char *t = m_malloc(strlen(cmd)+strlen(NDK_EXECUTABLES_PATH)+80);
 		sprintf(t, "%s/lib%s.so %s", NDK_EXECUTABLES_PATH, "scp",
 				cmd+4);
 		cmd = t;
 	} else if (cmd && !strncmp(cmd, "rsync ", 6)) {
-		char *t = malloc(strlen(cmd)+strlen(NDK_EXECUTABLES_PATH)+80);
+		char *t = m_malloc(strlen(cmd)+strlen(NDK_EXECUTABLES_PATH)+80);
 		char *x = "rsync";
 		if (conf_rsyncbuffer) {
 			x = "buffersu";