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-rw-r--r--stdlib/fmtmsg.c5
-rw-r--r--stdlib/tst-fmtmsg.c6
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/stdlib/fmtmsg.c b/stdlib/fmtmsg.c
index 2ab97b7d90..9e654c688e 100644
--- a/stdlib/fmtmsg.c
+++ b/stdlib/fmtmsg.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1997,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1997,1999,2000-2003,2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
    Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>, 1997.
 
@@ -324,9 +324,6 @@ internal_addseverity (int severity, const char *string)
 
   if (runp != NULL)
     {
-      /* Release old string.  */
-      free ((char *) runp->string);
-
       if (string != NULL)
 	/* Change the string.  */
 	runp->string = string;
diff --git a/stdlib/tst-fmtmsg.c b/stdlib/tst-fmtmsg.c
index d5369bda62..0b244e2bc0 100644
--- a/stdlib/tst-fmtmsg.c
+++ b/stdlib/tst-fmtmsg.c
@@ -48,5 +48,11 @@ main (void)
       != MM_OK)
     result = 1;
 
+  if (addseverity (MM_TEST, NULL) != MM_OK)
+    {
+      puts ("second addseverity failed");
+      result = 1;
+    }
+
   return result;
 }