1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lib/utils_base.c b/lib/utils_base.c
index 176fa85..0f52126 100644
--- a/lib/utils_base.c
+++ b/lib/utils_base.c
@@ -407,11 +407,7 @@ char *_np_state_generate_key() {
         char keyname[41];
         char *p=NULL;
 
-        unsigned char *result = malloc(256 * sizeof(unsigned char));
-
-        if (result == NULL) {
-                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Failed to allocate memory for hashes: %s"), strerror(errno));
-        }
+        unsigned char result[256];
 
 #ifdef USE_OPENSSL
         /*