1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/H5Oshared.c b/src/H5Oshared.c
index 2789297..b5c810b 100644
--- a/src/H5Oshared.c
+++ b/src/H5Oshared.c
@@ -73,7 +73,10 @@ H5O_shared_decode (H5F_t *f, const uint8 *buf, H5O_shared_t __unused__ *sh)
     assert (!sh);
 
     /* Decode */
-    mesg = H5MM_xcalloc (1, sizeof *mesg);
+    if (NULL==(mesg = H5MM_calloc (sizeof *mesg))) {
+	HRETURN_ERROR (H5E_RESOURCE, H5E_NOSPACE, NULL,
+		       "memory allocation failed");
+    }
     UINT32DECODE (buf, mesg->in_gh);
     if (mesg->in_gh) {
 	H5F_addr_decode (f, &buf, &(mesg->u.gh.addr));