diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index c27e6a7ec2..97237dcf5a 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2011-03-02  Michael Snyder  <msnyder@vmware.com>
 
+	* gdbserver/linux-arm-low.c (arm_arch_setup): Replace malloc 
+	with xmalloc.
+
 	* target-descriptions.c (tdesc_gdb_type): No need to call
 	xstrdup, callee saves a copy.
 
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/linux-arm-low.c b/gdb/gdbserver/linux-arm-low.c
index 6cea015e97..babb20c8c6 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/linux-arm-low.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/linux-arm-low.c
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ arm_arch_setup (void)
 	 registers.  Support was added in 2.6.30.  */
       pid = lwpid_of (get_thread_lwp (current_inferior));
       errno = 0;
-      buf = malloc (32 * 8 + 4);
+      buf = xmalloc (32 * 8 + 4);
       if (ptrace (PTRACE_GETVFPREGS, pid, 0, buf) < 0
 	  && errno == EIO)
 	{