diff --git a/contrib/elftoolchain/readelf/readelf.c b/contrib/elftoolchain/readelf/readelf.c
index fe0ef5e8426f..636c841ab877 100644
--- a/contrib/elftoolchain/readelf/readelf.c
+++ b/contrib/elftoolchain/readelf/readelf.c
@@ -6298,8 +6298,8 @@ search_loclist_at(struct readelf *re, Dwarf_Die die, Dwarf_Unsigned lowpc,
 		if (*la_list_cap == *la_list_len) {
 			*la_list = realloc(*la_list,
 			    *la_list_cap * 2 * sizeof(**la_list));
-			if (la_list == NULL)
-				errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "realloc failed");
+			if (*la_list == NULL)
+				err(EXIT_FAILURE, "realloc failed");
 			*la_list_cap *= 2;
 		}
 		la = &((*la_list)[*la_list_len]);