diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
index f7927391de301eb6777387b742bf3b14cedf88bf..5c12dc91ef348ea5a64a31edeb98657cc93512b4 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static int add_byte(int c, char **lineptr, size_t slen, size_t *n)
 	if (new_size > *n) {
 		new_size += LINE_GROWTH - 1;
 		new_size *= 2;
-		nline = realloc(*lineptr, new_size);
+		nline = xrealloc(*lineptr, new_size);
 		if (!nline)
 			return -1;
 
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/lkc.h b/scripts/kconfig/lkc.h
index 16cb62b92650db6373e808b6e94f6dda076d6dff..4e23febbe4b2836451ab91327c634b268555bc53 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/lkc.h
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/lkc.h
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ struct file *file_lookup(const char *name);
 int file_write_dep(const char *name);
 void *xmalloc(size_t size);
 void *xcalloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size);
+void *xrealloc(void *p, size_t size);
 
 struct gstr {
 	size_t len;
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.c b/scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.c
index a64b1c31253e13b918fefe509e1cccf5b4ac248d..88874acfda3670afe03fd73c3e17c9cf56b0a569 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  *
  */
 #include "nconf.h"
+#include "lkc.h"
 
 /* a list of all the different widgets we use */
 attributes_t attributes[ATTR_MAX+1] = {0};
@@ -374,7 +375,7 @@ int dialog_inputbox(WINDOW *main_window,
 
 	if (strlen(init)+1 > *result_len) {
 		*result_len = strlen(init)+1;
-		*resultp = result = realloc(result, *result_len);
+		*resultp = result = xrealloc(result, *result_len);
 	}
 
 	/* find the widest line of msg: */
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c b/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
index c4409ee7fee20215928cb70222c62e48f02fadd8..60a76f958f334e2a52bc38e3dbb7a87454a8b023 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ const char *sym_expand_string_value(const char *in)
 		newlen = strlen(res) + strlen(symval) + strlen(src) + 1;
 		if (newlen > reslen) {
 			reslen = newlen;
-			res = realloc(res, reslen);
+			res = xrealloc(res, reslen);
 		}
 
 		strcat(res, symval);
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/util.c b/scripts/kconfig/util.c
index 0e76042473ccd3633aa0870da3cce23e0b1788c6..138894ef49ea18545468de9b1021c58505d36454 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/util.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/util.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ void str_append(struct gstr *gs, const char *s)
 	if (s) {
 		l = strlen(gs->s) + strlen(s) + 1;
 		if (l > gs->len) {
-			gs->s   = realloc(gs->s, l);
+			gs->s = xrealloc(gs->s, l);
 			gs->len = l;
 		}
 		strcat(gs->s, s);
@@ -145,3 +145,12 @@ void *xcalloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size)
 	fprintf(stderr, "Out of memory.\n");
 	exit(1);
 }
+
+void *xrealloc(void *p, size_t size)
+{
+	p = realloc(p, size);
+	if (p)
+		return p;
+	fprintf(stderr, "Out of memory.\n");
+	exit(1);
+}
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/zconf.l b/scripts/kconfig/zconf.l
index 0ba4900050c1346b64963042431180d95040d0e1..02de6fe302a9aec4fc747e5728f5d59f48946174 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/zconf.l
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/zconf.l
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static void append_string(const char *str, int size)
 	if (new_size > text_asize) {
 		new_size += START_STRSIZE - 1;
 		new_size &= -START_STRSIZE;
-		text = realloc(text, new_size);
+		text = xrealloc(text, new_size);
 		text_asize = new_size;
 	}
 	memcpy(text + text_size, str, size);