diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 57078695..4f65f083 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ CVS code -
 	- Since the field precision operator used in the sprintf() uses
 	  ints and not size_t's, replace it with two strncpy()s, which
 	  use size_t's. (DLR)
-	- If the tab-completed path is a directory, make sure enough
-	  space is allocated before tacking a slash onto the end of it.
-	  (DLR)
 - help.c:
   parse_help_input()
 	- Add 'E' and 'e' as aliases for Exit, for consistency with the
diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
index bfc11ad7..99f862e7 100644
--- a/src/files.c
+++ b/src/files.c
@@ -2249,10 +2249,7 @@ char *input_tab(char *buf, bool allow_files, size_t *place, bool
 	assert(common_len >= *place);
 
 	if (num_matches == 1 && is_dir(mzero)) {
-	    common_len++;
-	    mzero = charealloc(mzero, common_len + 1);
-	    mzero[common_len - 1] = '/';
-	    mzero[common_len] = '\0';
+	    mzero[common_len++] = '/';
 
 	    assert(common_len > *place);
 	}