1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index 652e868b6d..b3b385e2cc 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -4234,7 +4234,7 @@ Perl_my_strftime(pTHX_ const char *fmt, int sec, int min, int hour, int mday, in
     const int fmtlen = strlen(fmt);
     int bufsize = fmtlen + buflen;
 
-    Newx(buf, bufsize, char);
+    Renew(buf, bufsize, char);
     while (buf) {
       buflen = strftime(buf, bufsize, fmt, &mytm);
       if (buflen > 0 && buflen < bufsize)