diff --git a/sbin/ccdconfig/ccdconfig.c b/sbin/ccdconfig/ccdconfig.c
--- a/sbin/ccdconfig/ccdconfig.c
+++ b/sbin/ccdconfig/ccdconfig.c
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@
 	char *cp, **argv;
 	int argc, rval;
 	gid_t egid;
+	char **nargv;
 
 	rval = 0;
 	egid = getegid();
@@ -315,11 +316,12 @@
 		for (cp = line; (cp = strtok(cp, " \t")) != NULL; cp = NULL) {
 			if (*cp == '#')
 				break;
-			if ((argv = realloc(argv,
+			if ((nargv = realloc(argv,
 			    sizeof(char *) * ++argc)) == NULL) {
 				warnx("no memory to configure ccds");
 				return (1);
 			}
+			argv = nargv;
 			argv[argc - 1] = cp;
 			/*
 			 * If our action is to unconfigure all, then pass