diff --git a/trace/simple.c b/trace/simple.c
index 3c14568..5a4d607 100644
--- a/trace/simple.c
+++ b/trace/simple.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static bool get_trace_record(unsigned int idx,
TraceRecord **recordptr)
     __sync_synchronize(); /* read memory barrier before accessing record */
     /* read the record header to know record length */
     read_from_buffer(idx, rec_hdr, sizeof(TraceRecord));
-    *recordptr = g_malloc(record->length);
+    *recordptr = malloc(record->length);
     /* make a copy of record to avoid being overwritten */
     read_from_buffer(idx, (uint8_t *)*recordptr, record->length);