diff --git a/libraries/liblutil/nt_err.c b/libraries/liblutil/nt_err.c
index de279fcd45..2416f997e5 100644
--- a/libraries/liblutil/nt_err.c
+++ b/libraries/liblutil/nt_err.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ char *GetErrorString( int err )
 	static char msgBuf[1024];
 
 	FormatMessage(
-		FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM,
+		FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM,
 		NULL,
 		err, MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),
 		msgBuf, 1024, NULL );