--- ./job.c.orig
+++ ./job.c
@@ -2880,7 +2880,7 @@
 #define EVAL_LEN 0
 #endif
 
-    new_line = alloca (shell_len + 1 + sflags_len + 1
+    new_line = xmalloc (shell_len + 1 + sflags_len + 1
                        + (line_len*2) + 1 + EVAL_LEN);
     ap = new_line;
     memcpy (ap, shell, shell_len);
@@ -2970,9 +2970,11 @@
 	  }
 #endif
       }
-    if (ap == new_line + shell_len + sflags_len + 2)
+    if (ap == new_line + shell_len + sflags_len + 2) {
       /* Line was empty.  */
+      free (new_line);
       return 0;
+    }
     *ap = '\0';
 
 #ifdef WINDOWS32
@@ -3112,6 +3114,7 @@
       fatal (NILF, _("%s (line %d) Bad shell context (!unixy && !batch_mode_shell)\n"),
             __FILE__, __LINE__);
 #endif
+    free (new_line);
   }
 #endif	/* ! AMIGA */