1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/main/channel.c b/main/channel.c
index d830f1f8b..71214a0e4 100644
--- a/main/channel.c
+++ b/main/channel.c
@@ -427,15 +427,20 @@ static int ast_check_hangup_locked(struct ast_channel *chan)
 /*! \brief printf the string into a correctly sized mallocd buffer, and return the buffer */
 char *ast_safe_string_alloc(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
-	char *b2,buf[1];
+	char *b2, buf[1];
 	int len;
-
 	va_list args;
+
 	va_start(args, fmt);
 	len = vsnprintf(buf, 1, fmt, args);
-	b2 = ast_malloc(len+1);
-	vsnprintf(b2, len+1,  fmt, args);
 	va_end(args);
+
+	b2 = ast_malloc(len + 1);
+
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	vsnprintf(b2, len + 1,  fmt, args);
+	va_end(args);
+
 	return b2;
 }