diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 5dd0410d5b..4c77b43a6d 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-03-27  Kevin Buettner  <kevinb@redhat.com>
+
+	* solib-aix5.c (build_so_lib_from_mapfile): Use xfree() instead
+	of free().
+
 2001-03-27  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
 
 	* TODO (Cleanups): Remove the item about converting docs to GFDL.
diff --git a/gdb/solib-aix5.c b/gdb/solib-aix5.c
index 0d908770d8..4fad003470 100644
--- a/gdb/solib-aix5.c
+++ b/gdb/solib-aix5.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ build_so_list_from_mapfile (int pid, long match_mask, long match_val)
 
     xasprintf (&map_pathname, "/proc/%d/map", pid);
     map_fd = open (map_pathname, O_RDONLY);
-    free (map_pathname);
+    xfree (map_pathname);
     if (map_fd < 0)
       return 0;