--- src/finger.c.org	Sat Jul  6 14:31:03 1996
+++ src/finger.c	Sat Jul  6 16:23:39 1996
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@
   char *arg, *port;
   int optc;
 
-  
   default_error_handling (argv[0]);
 
   /* Parse the arguments passed on the command line. */
@@ -192,6 +191,7 @@
   long addr;
   char *finger_server = NULL;
   int suppress_hostname = 0;
+  int malloc_flag = 0;
 
 
   username = savestring (arg);
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
   hostname = NULL;
 
   if ((!username || !*username)
-      && (finger_server = getservhost ()))
+      && (finger_server = getservhost (stderr)))
     {
       hostname = finger_server;
       suppress_hostname = 1;
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@
 	{
 	  host = (struct hostent *) xmalloc (sizeof (struct hostent));
 	  host->h_name = hostname;
+	  malloc_flag = 1;
 	}
     }
   else
@@ -296,6 +297,7 @@
   if (finger_server)
     free (finger_server);
 
-  if (host)
+  if (malloc_flag) {
     free (host);
+    }
 }