diff --git a/hw/vfb/InitOutput.c b/hw/vfb/InitOutput.c
index 812326a50..0d4ca57fe 100644
--- a/hw/vfb/InitOutput.c
+++ b/hw/vfb/InitOutput.c
@@ -482,9 +482,9 @@ vfbInstallColormap(ColormapPtr pmap)
 	swapcopy32(pXWDHeader->bits_per_rgb, pVisual->bitsPerRGBValue);
 	swapcopy32(pXWDHeader->colormap_entries, pVisual->ColormapEntries);
 
-	ppix = (Pixel *)ALLOCATE_LOCAL(entries * sizeof(Pixel));
-	prgb = (xrgb *)ALLOCATE_LOCAL(entries * sizeof(xrgb));
-	defs = (xColorItem *)ALLOCATE_LOCAL(entries * sizeof(xColorItem));
+	ppix = (Pixel *)xalloc(entries * sizeof(Pixel));
+	prgb = (xrgb *)xalloc(entries * sizeof(xrgb));
+	defs = (xColorItem *)xalloc(entries * sizeof(xColorItem));
 
 	for (i = 0; i < entries; i++)  ppix[i] = i;
 	/* XXX truecolor */
@@ -499,9 +499,9 @@ vfbInstallColormap(ColormapPtr pmap)
 	}
 	(*pmap->pScreen->StoreColors)(pmap, entries, defs);
 
-	DEALLOCATE_LOCAL(ppix);
-	DEALLOCATE_LOCAL(prgb);
-	DEALLOCATE_LOCAL(defs);
+	xfree(ppix);
+	xfree(prgb);
+	xfree(defs);
     }
 }