1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/fs/gnunet-helper-fs-publish.c b/src/fs/gnunet-helper-fs-publish.c
index 214650b0f..c64dece42 100644
--- a/src/fs/gnunet-helper-fs-publish.c
+++ b/src/fs/gnunet-helper-fs-publish.c
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ preprocess_file (const char *filename,
                      : GNUNET_MESSAGE_TYPE_FS_PUBLISH_HELPER_PROGRESS_FILE,
                      filename, strlen (filename) + 1))
     return GNUNET_SYSERR;
-  item = GNUNET_malloc (sizeof (struct ScanTreeNode));
+  item = GNUNET_new (struct ScanTreeNode);
   item->filename = GNUNET_strdup (filename);
   item->is_directory = (S_ISDIR (sbuf.st_mode)) ? GNUNET_YES : GNUNET_NO;
   item->file_size = fsize;