1 files changed, 3 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/sim/common/hw-base.c b/sim/common/hw-base.c
index d4b5198..87ca729 100644
--- a/sim/common/hw-base.c
+++ b/sim/common/hw-base.c
@@ -281,11 +281,10 @@ full_name_of_hw (struct hw *leaf,
 		 unsigned sizeof_buf)
 {
   /* get a buffer */
-  char full_name[1024];
-  if (buf == (char*)0)
+  if (buf == NULL)
     {
-      buf = full_name;
-      sizeof_buf = sizeof (full_name);
+      sizeof_buf = 1024;
+      buf = hw_malloc (leaf, sizeof_buf);
     }
 
   /* use head recursion to construct the path */
@@ -318,9 +317,6 @@ full_name_of_hw (struct hw *leaf,
       strcat (buf, unit);
     }
 
-  /* return it usefully */
-  if (buf == full_name)
-    buf = hw_strdup (leaf, full_name);
   return buf;
 }