diff --git a/gprof/ChangeLog b/gprof/ChangeLog
index 8551292f67c..8b671468f57 100644
--- a/gprof/ChangeLog
+++ b/gprof/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Jun 18 17:35:58 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
+
+	* core.c (core_create_line_syms): Use xstrdup rather than strdup.
+	* source.c (source_file_lookup_path): Likewise.
+
 Mon Apr  8 14:44:33 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 
 	* configure.in: Permit --enable-shared to specify a list of
diff --git a/gprof/core.c b/gprof/core.c
index 3117599eba0..f2e341cb3b6 100644
--- a/gprof/core.c
+++ b/gprof/core.c
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ DEFUN (core_create_line_syms, (core_bfd), bfd * core_bfd)
 	}
 
       /* make name pointer a malloc'ed string: */
-      ltab.limit->name = strdup (ltab.limit->name);
+      ltab.limit->name = xstrdup (ltab.limit->name);
       ltab.limit->file = source_file_lookup_path (filename);
 
       ltab.limit->addr = core_text_sect->vma + offset;
diff --git a/gprof/source.c b/gprof/source.c
index b0c6ecdb479..4421e3f757e 100644
--- a/gprof/source.c
+++ b/gprof/source.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ DEFUN (source_file_lookup_path, (path), const char *path)
 
       sf = (Source_File *) xmalloc (sizeof (*sf));
       memset (sf, 0, sizeof (*sf));
-      sf->name = strdup (path);
+      sf->name = xstrdup (path);
       sf->next = first_src_file;
       first_src_file = sf;
     }