1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/reftable/stack.c b/reftable/stack.c
index f91ce50bcd..65d89820bd 100644
--- a/reftable/stack.c
+++ b/reftable/stack.c
@@ -109,12 +109,7 @@ static int fd_read_lines(int fd, char ***namesp)
 	}
 	buf[size] = 0;
 
-	*namesp = parse_names(buf, size);
-	if (!*namesp) {
-		err = REFTABLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY_ERROR;
-		goto done;
-	}
-
+	err = parse_names(buf, size, namesp);
 done:
 	reftable_free(buf);
 	return err;