diff --git a/lib/ChangeLog b/lib/ChangeLog
index 59d1d51c..8e630417 100644
--- a/lib/ChangeLog
+++ b/lib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2021-09-06  Dmitry V. Levin  <ldv@altlinux.org>
 
+	* color.c (parse_opt): Replace asprintf followed by error(EXIT_FAILURE)
+	with xasprintf.
+
 	* xasprintf.c: New file.
 	* Makefile.am (libeu_a_SOURCES): Add it.
 	* libeu.h (xasprintf): New prototype.
diff --git a/lib/color.c b/lib/color.c
index 454cb7ca..e43b6143 100644
--- a/lib/color.c
+++ b/lib/color.c
@@ -188,10 +188,8 @@ valid arguments are:\n\
 			    if (name_len == known[i].len
 				&& memcmp (start, known[i].name, name_len) == 0)
 			      {
-				if (asprintf (known[i].varp, "\e[%.*sm",
-					      (int) (env - val), val) < 0)
-				  error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno,
-					 _("cannot allocate memory"));
+				*known[i].varp =
+				  xasprintf ("\e[%.*sm", (int) (env - val), val);
 				break;
 			      }
 			}
diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index b729eaa4..297627df 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2021-09-06  Dmitry V. Levin  <ldv@altlinux.org>
+
+	* objdump.c (show_disasm): Replace asprintf followed by
+	error(EXIT_FAILURE) with xasprintf.
+	* readelf.c (handle_gnu_hash): Likewise.
+	* unstrip.c (handle_output_dir_module, main): Likewise.
+
 2021-08-20  Saleem Abdulrasool  <abdulras@google.com>
 
 	* elfclassify.c: Remove error.h include.
diff --git a/src/objdump.c b/src/objdump.c
index 3a93248c..f7ea6c92 100644
--- a/src/objdump.c
+++ b/src/objdump.c
@@ -717,15 +717,14 @@ show_disasm (Ebl *ebl, const char *fname, uint32_t shstrndx)
 	      info.address_color = color_address;
 	      info.bytes_color = color_bytes;
 
-	      if (asprintf (&fmt, "%s%%7m %s%%.1o,%s%%.2o,%s%%.3o,,%s%%.4o%s%%.5o%%34a %s%%l",
-			    color_mnemonic ?: "",
-			    color_operand1 ?: "",
-			    color_operand2 ?: "",
-			    color_operand3 ?: "",
-                            color_operand4 ?: "",
-                            color_operand5 ?: "",
-			    color_label ?: "") < 0)
-		error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("cannot allocate memory"));
+	      fmt = xasprintf ("%s%%7m %s%%.1o,%s%%.2o,%s%%.3o,,%s%%.4o%s%%.5o%%34a %s%%l",
+			       color_mnemonic ?: "",
+			       color_operand1 ?: "",
+			       color_operand2 ?: "",
+			       color_operand3 ?: "",
+			       color_operand4 ?: "",
+			       color_operand5 ?: "",
+			       color_label ?: "");
 	    }
 	  else
 	    {
diff --git a/src/readelf.c b/src/readelf.c
index 8191bde2..80b40918 100644
--- a/src/readelf.c
+++ b/src/readelf.c
@@ -3448,17 +3448,15 @@ handle_gnu_hash (Ebl *ebl, Elf_Scn *scn, GElf_Shdr *shdr, size_t shstrndx)
       nbits += (word & 0x0000ffff) + ((word >> 16) & 0x0000ffff);
     }
 
-  char *str;
-  if (unlikely (asprintf (&str, _("\
+  char *str = xasprintf (_("\
  Symbol Bias: %u\n\
  Bitmask Size: %zu bytes  %" PRIuFAST32 "%% bits set  2nd hash shift: %u\n"),
-			  (unsigned int) symbias,
-			  bitmask_words * sizeof (Elf32_Word),
-			  ((nbits * 100 + 50)
-			   / (uint_fast32_t) (bitmask_words
+			 (unsigned int) symbias,
+			 bitmask_words * sizeof (Elf32_Word),
+			 ((nbits * 100 + 50)
+			  / (uint_fast32_t) (bitmask_words
 					      * sizeof (Elf32_Word) * 8)),
-			  (unsigned int) shift) == -1))
-    error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("memory exhausted"));
+			  (unsigned int) shift);
 
   print_hash_info (ebl, scn, shdr, shstrndx, maxlength, nbucket, nsyms,
 		   lengths, str);
diff --git a/src/unstrip.c b/src/unstrip.c
index 6618ec9b..aacc9aad 100644
--- a/src/unstrip.c
+++ b/src/unstrip.c
@@ -2401,9 +2401,7 @@ handle_output_dir_module (const char *output_dir, Dwfl_Module *mod, bool force,
   if (file == NULL && ignore)
     return;
 
-  char *output_file;
-  if (asprintf (&output_file, "%s/%s", output_dir, modnames ? name : file) < 0)
-    error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("memory exhausted"));
+  char *output_file = xasprintf ("%s/%s", output_dir, modnames ? name : file);
 
   handle_dwfl_module (output_file, true, force, mod, all, ignore, relocate);
 
@@ -2606,9 +2604,7 @@ or - if no debuginfo was found, or . if FILE contains the debug information.\
 
       if (info.output_dir != NULL)
 	{
-	  char *file;
-	  if (asprintf (&file, "%s/%s", info.output_dir, info.args[0]) < 0)
-	    error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("memory exhausted"));
+	  char *file = xasprintf ("%s/%s", info.output_dir, info.args[0]);
 	  handle_explicit_files (file, true, info.force,
 				 info.args[0], info.args[1]);
 	  free (file);
