1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/walker.c b/walker.c
index b8a5441d6a..b929dcc6c0 100644
--- a/walker.c
+++ b/walker.c
@@ -286,8 +286,7 @@ int walker_fetch(struct walker *walker, int targets, char **target,
 		goto done;
 	}
 	if (write_ref_log_details) {
-		msg = xmalloc(strlen(write_ref_log_details) + 12);
-		sprintf(msg, "fetch from %s", write_ref_log_details);
+		msg = xstrfmt("fetch from %s", write_ref_log_details);
 	} else {
 		msg = NULL;
 	}