diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 85ddff7bec2..323125aeca4 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Thu Jul 18 15:54:54 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
+
+	* config/tc-m68k.c (m68k_ip): Use the correct length when
+	allocating space for the unsupported architecture error message.
+
 start-sanitize-d10v
 Thu Jul 18 12:57:10 1996  Michael Meissner  <meissner@tiktok.cygnus.com>
 
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-m68k.c b/gas/config/tc-m68k.c
index fcd9baff0fc..4e8938c9dc9 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-m68k.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-m68k.c
@@ -1561,7 +1561,7 @@ m68k_ip (instring)
 	      && !(ok_arch & current_architecture))
 	    {
 	      char buf[200], *cp;
-	      int len;
+
 	      strcpy (buf,
 		      "invalid instruction for this architecture; needs ");
 	      cp = buf + strlen (buf);
@@ -1603,8 +1603,7 @@ m68k_ip (instring)
 		      }
 		  }
 		}
-	      len = cp - buf + 1;
-	      cp = malloc (len);
+	      cp = xmalloc (strlen (buf) + 1);
 	      strcpy (cp, buf);
 	      the_ins.error = cp;
 	    }