1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/character.c b/src/character.c
index 50b5b252871..fb9b8a9b93e 100644
--- a/src/character.c
+++ b/src/character.c
@@ -902,9 +902,7 @@ usage: (string &rest CHARACTERS)  */)
   Lisp_Object str;
   USE_SAFE_ALLOCA;
 
-  if (min (PTRDIFF_MAX, SIZE_MAX) / MAX_MULTIBYTE_LENGTH < n)
-    memory_full (SIZE_MAX);
-  SAFE_ALLOCA (buf, unsigned char *, MAX_MULTIBYTE_LENGTH * n);
+  SAFE_NALLOCA (buf, MAX_MULTIBYTE_LENGTH, n);
   p = buf;
 
   for (i = 0; i < n; i++)