diff --git a/c-programming/experiments/reverse-ramdisk.c b/c-programming/experiments/reverse-ramdisk.c
index 5e57bde..ff35c95 100644
--- a/c-programming/experiments/reverse-ramdisk.c
+++ b/c-programming/experiments/reverse-ramdisk.c
@@ -170,11 +170,13 @@ int tf_free(int ID) {
 	// Reallocate memory for the temp_files array
 	if (--num_temp_files > 0) {
 		DBG_PRINT("num_temp_files = %zu\n", num_temp_files);
-		if ((temp_files = realloc(temp_files, num_temp_files
-			* sizeof(TempFile))) == NULL) {
-			LINE_FAIL(-2);
+		TempFile* new_temp_files_ptr = realloc(temp_files, num_temp_files *
+			sizeof(TempFile));
+		if (new_temp_files_ptr == NULL) {
+			LINE_FAIL(-3);
 			return -1;
 		}
+		temp_files = new_temp_files_ptr;
 	}
 
 	temp_files[index].locked = false;