diff --git a/skill.c b/skill.c
index 0f421d3b..3a92f091 100644
--- a/skill.c
+++ b/skill.c
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ static struct procps_namespaces match_namespaces;
 static int ns_flags = 0x3f;
 
 #define ENLIST(thing,addme) do{ \
-if(!thing##s) thing##s = xmalloc(sizeof(*thing##s)*saved_argc); \
+if(thing##_count < 0 || (size_t)thing##_count >= INT_MAX / sizeof(*thing##s)) \
+	xerrx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("integer overflow")); \
+thing##s = xrealloc(thing##s, sizeof(*thing##s)*(thing##_count+1)); \
 thing##s[thing##_count++] = addme; \
 }while(0)
 
@@ -82,7 +84,6 @@ enum rel_items {
     EU_PID, EU_EUID, EU_EUSER, EU_TTY, EU_TTYNAME, EU_CMD};
 
 static int my_pid;
-static int saved_argc;
 
 static int sig_or_pri;