1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/environment.c b/lib/environment.c
index d9bfe51..3144982 100644
--- a/lib/environment.c
+++ b/lib/environment.c
@@ -250,18 +250,20 @@ char *runtime_expand_var(RuntimeEnv *env, const char *input) {
     const char delim = '$';
     const char *delim_literal = "$$";
     const char *escape = "\\";
-    char *expanded = calloc(BUFSIZ, sizeof(char));
-    if (expanded == NULL) {
-        perror("could not allocate runtime_expand_var buffer");
-        fprintf(SYSERROR);
-        return NULL;
-    }
+    char *expanded = NULL;
 
     // If there's no environment variables to process return a copy of the input string
     if (strchr(input, delim) == NULL) {
         return strdup(input);
     }
 
+    expanded = calloc(BUFSIZ, sizeof(char));
+    if (expanded == NULL) {
+        perror("could not allocate runtime_expand_var buffer");
+        fprintf(SYSERROR);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     // Parse the input string
     size_t i;
     for (i = 0; i < strlen(input); i++) {