Do the assignment in the if

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/FICS/eco.c b/FICS/eco.c
index c25d54c..1cae520 100644
--- a/FICS/eco.c
+++ b/FICS/eco.c
@@ -269,8 +269,7 @@ LONG_init(void)
 			continue;
 		sscanf(ptmp, "%[^*\n]", LONG);
 
-		LONG_book[i] = malloc(sizeof(LONG_entry));
-		if (LONG_book[i] == NULL) {
+		if ((LONG_book[i] = malloc(sizeof(LONG_entry))) == NULL) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "Cound not alloc mem for "
 			    "LONG entry %d.\n", i);
 			exit(1);