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diff --git a/lib/xgetcwd.c b/lib/xgetcwd.c
index 23fbaeab1..1409bcfba 100644
--- a/lib/xgetcwd.c
+++ b/lib/xgetcwd.c
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ extern int errno;
 #if HAVE_GETCWD
 char *getcwd ();
 #else
+# include "pathmax.h"
+# define INITIAL_BUFFER_SIZE (PATH_MAX + 1)
 char *getwd ();
 # define getcwd(Buf, Max) getwd (Buf)
 #endif
@@ -51,26 +53,32 @@ char *getwd ();
 char *
 xgetcwd ()
 {
-#if defined __GLIBC__ && __GLIBC__ >= 2
-  return getcwd (NULL, 0);
+#if HAVE_GETCWD_NULL
+  char *cwd = getcwd (NULL, 0);
+  if (! cwd && errno == ENOMEM)
+    xalloc_die ();
+  return cwd;
 #else
-  size_t buf_size = 128;  /* must be a power of 2 */
-  char *buf = NULL;
+
+  /* The initial buffer size for the working directory.  A power of 2
+     detects arithmetic overflow earlier, but is not required.  */
+# ifndef INITIAL_BUFFER_SIZE
+#  define INITIAL_BUFFER_SIZE 128
+# endif
+
+  size_t buf_size = INITIAL_BUFFER_SIZE;
 
   while (1)
     {
-      char *cwd;
-      buf = (char *) xrealloc (buf, buf_size);
-
-      cwd = getcwd (buf, buf_size);
-      if (cwd != NULL)
+      char *buf = xmalloc (buf_size);
+      char *cwd = getcwd (buf, buf_size);
+      int saved_errno;
+      if (cwd)
 	return cwd;
-      if (errno != ERANGE)
-	{
-	  free (buf);
-	  return NULL;
-	}
-
+      saved_errno = errno;
+      free (buf);
+      if (saved_errno != ERANGE)
+	return NULL;
       buf_size *= 2;
       if (buf_size == 0)
 	xalloc_die ();