diff --git a/io/test-lfs.c b/io/test-lfs.c
index 3088a21..0c91177 100644
--- a/io/test-lfs.c
+++ b/io/test-lfs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ do_prepare (int argc, char *argv[])
   struct rlimit64 rlim;
 
   name_len = strlen (test_dir);
-  name = malloc (name_len + sizeof ("/lfsXXXXXX"));
+  name = xmalloc (name_len + sizeof ("/lfsXXXXXX"));
   mempcpy (mempcpy (name, test_dir, name_len),
            "/lfsXXXXXX", sizeof ("/lfsXXXXXX"));
 
diff --git a/io/tst-fcntl.c b/io/tst-fcntl.c
index 98a642e..e8782b0 100644
--- a/io/tst-fcntl.c
+++ b/io/tst-fcntl.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ do_prepare (int argc, char *argv[])
    size_t name_len;
 
    name_len = strlen (test_dir);
-   name = malloc (name_len + sizeof ("/fcntlXXXXXX"));
+   name = xmalloc (name_len + sizeof ("/fcntlXXXXXX"));
    mempcpy (mempcpy (name, test_dir, name_len),
 	    "/fcntlXXXXXX", sizeof ("/fcntlXXXXXX"));
   /* Create the temporary file.  */
diff --git a/libio/tst-fopenloc.c b/libio/tst-fopenloc.c
index 0f7edb6..63ac540 100644
--- a/libio/tst-fopenloc.c
+++ b/libio/tst-fopenloc.c
@@ -26,9 +26,13 @@
 #include <wchar.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 
-
 static const char inputfile[] = "../iconvdata/testdata/ISO-8859-1";
 
+static int do_test(void);
+
+#define TEST_FUNCTION do_test ()
+#include "../test-skeleton.c"
+
 static int
 do_bz17916 (void)
 {
@@ -39,7 +43,7 @@ do_bz17916 (void)
   setrlimit (RLIMIT_STACK, &rl);
 
   const size_t sz = 2 * 1024 * 1024;
-  char *ccs = malloc (sz);
+  char *ccs = xmalloc (sz);
   strcpy (ccs, "r,ccs=");
   memset (ccs + 6, 'A', sz - 6 - 1);
   ccs[sz - 1] = '\0';
@@ -85,6 +89,3 @@ do_test (void)
 
   return do_bz17916 ();
 }
-
-#define TEST_FUNCTION do_test ()
-#include "../test-skeleton.c"
diff --git a/libio/tst-mmap2-eofsync.c b/libio/tst-mmap2-eofsync.c
index f369965..05dedb8 100644
--- a/libio/tst-mmap2-eofsync.c
+++ b/libio/tst-mmap2-eofsync.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ static char *pages;
 static void
 do_prepare (void)
 {
-  pages = malloc (getpagesize () * 2);
+  pages = xmalloc (getpagesize () * 2);
   memset (pages, 'a', getpagesize ());
   memset (pages + getpagesize (), 'b', getpagesize ());
 
diff --git a/login/tst-utmp.c b/login/tst-utmp.c
index 2fb20b6..348854a 100644
--- a/login/tst-utmp.c
+++ b/login/tst-utmp.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ do_prepare (int argc, char *argv[])
   size_t name_len;
 
   name_len = strlen (test_dir);
-  name = malloc (name_len + sizeof ("/utmpXXXXXX"));
+  name = xmalloc (name_len + sizeof ("/utmpXXXXXX"));
   mempcpy (mempcpy (name, test_dir, name_len),
 	   "/utmpXXXXXX", sizeof ("/utmpXXXXXX"));
 
diff --git a/posix/tst-exec.c b/posix/tst-exec.c
index b0b04b5..ef1638a 100644
--- a/posix/tst-exec.c
+++ b/posix/tst-exec.c
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ do_prepare (int argc, char *argv[])
    size_t name_len;
 
    name_len = strlen (test_dir);
-   name1 = malloc (name_len + sizeof ("/execXXXXXX"));
+   name1 = xmalloc (name_len + sizeof ("/execXXXXXX"));
    mempcpy (mempcpy (name1, test_dir, name_len),
 	    "/execXXXXXX", sizeof ("/execXXXXXX"));
    add_temp_file (name1);
 
-   name2 = malloc (name_len + sizeof ("/execXXXXXX"));
+   name2 = xmalloc (name_len + sizeof ("/execXXXXXX"));
    mempcpy (mempcpy (name2, test_dir, name_len),
 	    "/execXXXXXX", sizeof ("/execXXXXXX"));
    add_temp_file (name2);
diff --git a/posix/tst-pathconf.c b/posix/tst-pathconf.c
index 949fc65..4f51ae8 100644
--- a/posix/tst-pathconf.c
+++ b/posix/tst-pathconf.c
@@ -41,12 +41,7 @@ prepare (void)
   static const char dir_name[] = "/tst-pathconf.XXXXXX";
 
   size_t dirbuflen = test_dir_len + sizeof (dir_name);
-  dirbuf = malloc (dirbuflen);
-  if (dirbuf == NULL)
-    {
-      puts ("Out of memory");
-      exit (1);
-    }
+  dirbuf = xmalloc (dirbuflen);
 
   snprintf (dirbuf, dirbuflen, "%s%s", test_dir, dir_name);
   if (mkdtemp (dirbuf) == NULL)
@@ -73,7 +68,7 @@ do_test (void)
   static const char *fifo_name = "some-fifo";
 
   size_t filenamelen = strlen (dirbuf) + strlen (fifo_name) + 2;
-  char *filename = malloc (filenamelen);
+  char *filename = xmalloc (filenamelen);
 
   snprintf (filename, filenamelen, "%s/%s", dirbuf, fifo_name);
 
diff --git a/posix/tst-spawn.c b/posix/tst-spawn.c
index c046098..6c8d718 100644
--- a/posix/tst-spawn.c
+++ b/posix/tst-spawn.c
@@ -63,17 +63,17 @@ do_prepare (int argc, char *argv[])
    size_t name_len;
 
    name_len = strlen (test_dir);
-   name1 = (char *) malloc (name_len + sizeof ("/spawnXXXXXX"));
+   name1 = (char *) xmalloc (name_len + sizeof ("/spawnXXXXXX"));
    mempcpy (mempcpy (name1, test_dir, name_len),
 	    "/spawnXXXXXX", sizeof ("/spawnXXXXXX"));
    add_temp_file (name1);
 
-   name2 = (char *) malloc (name_len + sizeof ("/spawnXXXXXX"));
+   name2 = (char *) xmalloc (name_len + sizeof ("/spawnXXXXXX"));
    mempcpy (mempcpy (name2, test_dir, name_len),
 	    "/spawnXXXXXX", sizeof ("/spawnXXXXXX"));
    add_temp_file (name2);
 
-   name3 = (char *) malloc (name_len + sizeof ("/spawnXXXXXX"));
+   name3 = (char *) xmalloc (name_len + sizeof ("/spawnXXXXXX"));
    mempcpy (mempcpy (name3, test_dir, name_len),
 	    "/spawnXXXXXX", sizeof ("/spawnXXXXXX"));
    add_temp_file (name3);
diff --git a/posix/tst-truncate.c b/posix/tst-truncate.c
index 8f5957f..99bddb3 100644
--- a/posix/tst-truncate.c
+++ b/posix/tst-truncate.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ do_prepare (int argc, char *argv[])
 #define FNAME2(s) "/" STRINGIFY(s) "XXXXXX"
 
    name_len = strlen (test_dir);
-   name = malloc (name_len + sizeof (FNAME));
+   name = xmalloc (name_len + sizeof (FNAME));
    mempcpy (mempcpy (name, test_dir, name_len), FNAME, sizeof (FNAME));
    add_temp_file (name);
 
diff --git a/rt/tst-aio.c b/rt/tst-aio.c
index 9ca3775..1ad9c60 100644
--- a/rt/tst-aio.c
+++ b/rt/tst-aio.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ do_prepare (int argc, char *argv[])
   size_t name_len;
 
   name_len = strlen (test_dir);
-  name = malloc (name_len + sizeof ("/aioXXXXXX"));
+  name = xmalloc (name_len + sizeof ("/aioXXXXXX"));
   mempcpy (mempcpy (name, test_dir, name_len),
 	   "/aioXXXXXX", sizeof ("/aioXXXXXX"));
 
