diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 05a6b612e5..03b02d3319 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2011-09-10  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@gmail.com>
 
+	* malloc/malloc.c: Replace MALLOC_FAILURE_ACTION with use of __set_errno.
+	* malloc/hooks.c: Likewise.
+
 	* malloc/arena.c (ptmalloc_init_minimal): Removed.  Initialize all
 	variables statically.
 	(narenas): Initialize.
diff --git a/malloc/hooks.c b/malloc/hooks.c
index 7817ae9d4a..fc46e7d95a 100644
--- a/malloc/hooks.c
+++ b/malloc/hooks.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ top_check(void)
   new_brk = (char*)(MORECORE (sbrk_size));
   if (new_brk == (char*)(MORECORE_FAILURE))
     {
-      MALLOC_FAILURE_ACTION;
+      __set_errno (ENOMEM);
       return -1;
     }
   /* Call the `morecore' hook if necessary.  */
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ malloc_check(size_t sz, const void *caller)
   void *victim;
 
   if (sz+1 == 0) {
-    MALLOC_FAILURE_ACTION;
+    __set_errno (ENOMEM);
     return NULL;
   }
 
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ realloc_check(void* oldmem, size_t bytes, const void *caller)
   unsigned char *magic_p;
 
   if (bytes+1 == 0) {
-    MALLOC_FAILURE_ACTION;
+    __set_errno (ENOMEM);
     return NULL;
   }
   if (oldmem == 0) return malloc_check(bytes, NULL);
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ memalign_check(size_t alignment, size_t bytes, const void *caller)
   if (alignment <  MINSIZE) alignment = MINSIZE;
 
   if (bytes+1 == 0) {
-    MALLOC_FAILURE_ACTION;
+    __set_errno (ENOMEM);
     return NULL;
   }
   (void)mutex_lock(&main_arena.mutex);
diff --git a/malloc/malloc.c b/malloc/malloc.c
index 3cff6d84d6..864c7d908b 100644
--- a/malloc/malloc.c
+++ b/malloc/malloc.c
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@
     USE_MALLOC_LOCK            NOT defined
     MALLOC_DEBUG               NOT defined
     REALLOC_ZERO_BYTES_FREES   1
-    MALLOC_FAILURE_ACTION      errno = ENOMEM
     TRIM_FASTBINS              0
 
     Options for customizing MORECORE:
@@ -233,7 +232,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdio.h>    /* needed for malloc_stats */
-#include <errno.h>    /* needed for optional MALLOC_FAILURE_ACTION */
+#include <errno.h>
 
 /* For uintptr_t.  */
 #include <stdint.h>
@@ -478,20 +477,6 @@ void *(*__morecore)(ptrdiff_t) = __default_morecore;
   ({ __typeof (val) _v; asm ("" : "=r" (_v) : "0" (val)); _v; })
 
 
-/*
-  MALLOC_FAILURE_ACTION is the action to take before "return 0" when
-  malloc fails to be able to return memory, either because memory is
-  exhausted or because of illegal arguments.
-
-  By default, sets errno if running on STD_C platform, else does nothing.
-*/
-
-#ifndef MALLOC_FAILURE_ACTION
-#define MALLOC_FAILURE_ACTION \
-   errno = ENOMEM;
-
-#endif
-
 /*
   MORECORE-related declarations. By default, rely on sbrk
 */
@@ -1401,7 +1386,7 @@ nextchunk-> +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 
 #define checked_request2size(req, sz)                             \
   if (REQUEST_OUT_OF_RANGE(req)) {                                \
-    MALLOC_FAILURE_ACTION;                                        \
+    __set_errno (ENOMEM);					  \
     return 0;                                                     \
   }                                                               \
   (sz) = request2size(req);
@@ -2774,7 +2759,7 @@ static void* sYSMALLOc(INTERNAL_SIZE_T nb, mstate av)
   }
 
   /* catch all failure paths */
-  MALLOC_FAILURE_ACTION;
+  __set_errno (ENOMEM);
   return 0;
 }
 
@@ -3247,7 +3232,7 @@ public_cALLOc(size_t n, size_t elem_size)
   (((INTERNAL_SIZE_T) 1) << (8 * sizeof (INTERNAL_SIZE_T) / 2))
   if (__builtin_expect ((n | elem_size) >= HALF_INTERNAL_SIZE_T, 0)) {
     if (elem_size != 0 && bytes / elem_size != n) {
-      MALLOC_FAILURE_ACTION;
+      __set_errno (ENOMEM);
       return 0;
     }
   }