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diff --git a/login/getutid.c b/login/getutid.c
index beeedb3749..3d022e405d 100644
--- a/login/getutid.c
+++ b/login/getutid.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>, 1996.
@@ -17,20 +17,25 @@
Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
02111-1307 USA. */
-#include <stddef.h> /* For NULL. */
+#include <stdlib.h>
#include <utmp.h>
/* Local buffer to store the result. */
-static struct utmp buffer;
-
+libc_freeres_ptr (static struct utmp *buffer);
struct utmp *
__getutid (const struct utmp *id)
{
struct utmp *result;
- if (__getutid_r (id, &buffer, &result) < 0)
+ if (buffer == NULL)
+ {
+ buffer = (struct utmp *) malloc (sizeof (struct utmp));
+ if (buffer == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ if (__getutid_r (id, buffer, &result) < 0)
return NULL;
return result;