diff --git a/XAlloc.c b/XAlloc.c
index fbc642cc..4aa8e217 100644
--- a/XAlloc.c
+++ b/XAlloc.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 }*/
 
-static inline void fail() {
+void fail() {
    curs_set(1);
    endwin();
    err(1, NULL);
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ void* xRealloc(void* ptr, size_t size) {
    return data;
 }
 
+#undef xAsprintf
+
+#define xAsprintf(strp, fmt, ...) do { int _r=asprintf(strp, fmt, __VA_ARGS__); if (_r < 0) { fail(); } } while(0)
+
 #define xSnprintf(fmt, len, ...) do { int _l=len; int _n=snprintf(fmt, _l, __VA_ARGS__); if (!(_n > -1 && _n < _l)) { curs_set(1); endwin(); err(1, NULL); } } while(0)
 
 #undef xStrdup
diff --git a/XAlloc.h b/XAlloc.h
index 97a1c0d0..2d464051 100644
--- a/XAlloc.h
+++ b/XAlloc.h
@@ -11,12 +11,18 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
+extern void fail(void);
+
 extern void* xMalloc(size_t size);
 
 extern void* xCalloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size);
 
 extern void* xRealloc(void* ptr, size_t size);
 
+#undef xAsprintf
+
+#define xAsprintf(strp, fmt, ...) do { int _r=asprintf(strp, fmt, __VA_ARGS__); if (_r < 0) { fail(); } } while(0)
+
 #define xSnprintf(fmt, len, ...) do { int _l=len; int _n=snprintf(fmt, _l, __VA_ARGS__); if (!(_n > -1 && _n < _l)) { curs_set(1); endwin(); err(1, NULL); } } while(0)
 
 #undef xStrdup
diff --git a/linux/LinuxProcessList.c b/linux/LinuxProcessList.c
index bcdd5515..0d25e365 100644
--- a/linux/LinuxProcessList.c
+++ b/linux/LinuxProcessList.c
@@ -822,11 +822,11 @@ static char* LinuxProcessList_updateTtyDevice(TtyDriver* ttyDrivers, unsigned in
       struct stat sstat;
       char* fullPath;
       for(;;) {
-         asprintf(&fullPath, "%s/%d", ttyDrivers[i].path, idx);
+         xAsprintf(&fullPath, "%s/%d", ttyDrivers[i].path, idx);
          int err = stat(fullPath, &sstat);
          if (err == 0 && major(sstat.st_rdev) == maj && minor(sstat.st_rdev) == min) return fullPath;
          free(fullPath);
-         asprintf(&fullPath, "%s%d", ttyDrivers[i].path, idx);
+         xAsprintf(&fullPath, "%s%d", ttyDrivers[i].path, idx);
          err = stat(fullPath, &sstat);
          if (err == 0 && major(sstat.st_rdev) == maj && minor(sstat.st_rdev) == min) return fullPath;
          free(fullPath);
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ static char* LinuxProcessList_updateTtyDevice(TtyDriver* ttyDrivers, unsigned in
       if (err == 0 && tty_nr == sstat.st_rdev) return strdup(ttyDrivers[i].path);
    }
    char* out;
-   asprintf(&out, "/dev/%u:%u", maj, min);
+   xAsprintf(&out, "/dev/%u:%u", maj, min);
    return out;
 }