diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index ec1ca5af39..79f6e679c3 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-02-23  Andrew Cagney  <ac131313@redhat.com>
+
+	* symtab.c (sort_search_symbols): Use xfree.
+
 2002-02-23  Richard Earnshaw  <rearnsha@arm.com>
 
 	* arm-linux-tdep.c (arm_linux_init_abi): Register
diff --git a/gdb/symtab.c b/gdb/symtab.c
index d03a7c9107..3aa334e6f8 100644
--- a/gdb/symtab.c
+++ b/gdb/symtab.c
@@ -2456,7 +2456,7 @@ sort_search_symbols (struct symbol_search *prevtail, int nfound)
     }
   symp->next = old_next;
 
-  free (symbols);
+  xfree (symbols);
   return symp;
 }