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-rw-r--r--transport.c4
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/transport.c b/transport.c
index 70d38e4c4b..08bcd3a4eb 100644
--- a/transport.c
+++ b/transport.c
@@ -971,9 +971,7 @@ struct transport *transport_get(struct remote *remote, const char *url)
} else {
/* Unknown protocol in URL. Pass to external handler. */
int len = external_specification_len(url);
- char *handler = xmalloc(len + 1);
- handler[len] = 0;
- strncpy(handler, url, len);
+ char *handler = xmemdupz(url, len);
transport_helper_init(ret, handler);
}