diff --git a/rootdev.c b/rootdev.c
index 037140c..eae6212 100644
--- a/rootdev.c
+++ b/rootdev.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 
 /* Walks sysfs and recurses into any directory/link that represents
  * a block device to find sub-devices (partitions) for dev.
- * If dev == 0, the name fo the first device in the directory will be returned.
+ * If dev == 0, the name of the first device in the directory will be returned.
  * Returns the device's name in "name" */
 static int match_sysfs_device(char *name, size_t name_len,
                               const char *basedir, dev_t *dev, int depth) {
@@ -133,15 +133,6 @@
     return found;
   }
 
-  /* Allocate a properly sized entry. */
-  entry = malloc(offsetof(struct dirent, d_name) + working_path_size);
-  if (!entry) {
-    warn("malloc(dirent)");
-    free(working_path);
-    closedir(dirp);
-    return found;
-  }
-
   while ((entry = readdir(dirp))) {
     size_t candidate_len = strlen(entry->d_name);
     size_t path_len = 0;