diff --git a/miext/damage/damage.c b/miext/damage/damage.c
index 0b626eba4..12e872579 100644
--- a/miext/damage/damage.c
+++ b/miext/damage/damage.c
@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ damageText(DrawablePtr pDrawable,
     if (!checkGCDamage(pDrawable, pGC))
         return;
 
-    charinfo = xallocarray(count, sizeof(CharInfoPtr));
+    charinfo = calloc(count, sizeof(CharInfoPtr));
     if (!charinfo)
         return;