1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/text-utils/rev.c b/text-utils/rev.c
index 31004a070..76a362030 100644
--- a/text-utils/rev.c
+++ b/text-utils/rev.c
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	argc -= optind;
 	argv += optind;
 
+	buf = xmalloc(bufsiz * sizeof(wchar_t));
+
 	do {
 		if (*argv) {
 			if ((fp = fopen(*argv, "r")) == NULL) {
@@ -118,8 +120,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			filename = *argv++;
 		}
 
-		buf = xmalloc(bufsiz * sizeof(wchar_t));
-
 		while (fgetws(buf, bufsiz, fp)) {
 			len = wcslen(buf);