1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/auth2-chall.c b/auth2-chall.c
index 8860a94c5..d54ee2856 100644
--- a/auth2-chall.c
+++ b/auth2-chall.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ input_userauth_info_response(int type, u_int32_t seq, void *ctxt)
         if (nresp > 100)
                 fatal("input_userauth_info_response: too many replies");
         if (nresp > 0) {
-                response = xmalloc(nresp * sizeof(char *));
+                response = xcalloc(nresp, sizeof(char *));
                 for (i = 0; i < nresp; i++)
                         response[i] = packet_get_string(NULL);
         }