1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/auth-bsdauth.c b/auth-bsdauth.c
index f48b43174..2ccbc9d43 100644
--- a/auth-bsdauth.c
+++ b/auth-bsdauth.c
@@ -68,9 +68,8 @@ bsdauth_query(void *ctx, char **name, char **infotxt,
         *name = xstrdup("");
         *infotxt = xstrdup("");
         *numprompts = 1;
-        *prompts = xmalloc(*numprompts * sizeof(char *));
-        *echo_on = xmalloc(*numprompts * sizeof(u_int));
-        (*echo_on)[0] = 0;
+        *prompts = xcalloc(*numprompts, sizeof(char *));
+        *echo_on = xcalloc(*numprompts, sizeof(u_int));
         (*prompts)[0] = xstrdup(challenge);
 
         return 0;