1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
index e7be8af..e786d7a 100644
--- a/dmenu.c
+++ b/dmenu.c
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ readstdin(void)
 	ssize_t len;
 
 	/* read each line from stdin and add it to the item list */
-	for (i = 0; (len = getline(&line, &junk, stdin)) != -1; i++, line = NULL) {
+	for (i = 0; (len = getline(&line, &junk, stdin)) != -1; i++) {
 		if (i + 1 >= size / sizeof *items)
 			if (!(items = realloc(items, (size += BUFSIZ))))
 				die("cannot realloc %zu bytes:", size);
@@ -562,7 +562,9 @@ readstdin(void)
 			line[len - 1] = '\0';
 		items[i].text = line;
 		items[i].out = 0;
+		line = NULL;
 	}
+	free(line);
 	if (items)
 		items[i].text = NULL;
 	lines = MIN(lines, i);