diff --git a/eeshow/file/git-hist.c b/eeshow/file/git-hist.c
index 308d76c..3e3c171 100644
--- a/eeshow/file/git-hist.c
+++ b/eeshow/file/git-hist.c
@@ -46,10 +46,8 @@ static struct hist *new_commit(unsigned branch)
 
 static void uplink(struct hist *down, struct hist *up)
 {
-	down->newer = realloc(down->newer,
-	    sizeof(struct hist *) * (down->n_newer + 1));
-	if (!down->newer)
-		diag_pfatal("realloc");
+	down->newer = realloc_type_n(down->newer, struct hist *,
+	    down->n_newer + 1);
 	down->newer[down->n_newer++] = up;
 }
 
diff --git a/eeshow/gfx/cro.c b/eeshow/gfx/cro.c
index 21cbda3..91e0ed4 100644
--- a/eeshow/gfx/cro.c
+++ b/eeshow/gfx/cro.c
@@ -404,9 +404,7 @@ static void cr_pdf_new_sheet(void *ctx)
 	struct cro_ctx *cc = ctx;
 
 	cc->n_sheets++;
-	cc->sheets = realloc(cc->sheets, sizeof(struct record) * cc->n_sheets);
-	if (!cc->sheets)
-		diag_pfatal("realloc");
+	cc->sheets = realloc_type_n(cc->sheets, struct record, cc->n_sheets);
 	cc->sheets[cc->n_sheets - 1] = cc->record;
 	record_wipe(&cc->record);
 }
diff --git a/eeshow/gfx/fig.c b/eeshow/gfx/fig.c
index fa1365c..41d4933 100644
--- a/eeshow/gfx/fig.c
+++ b/eeshow/gfx/fig.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ static void *fig_init(int argc, char *const *argv)
 		if (!strchr(argv[arg], '='))
 		    usage(*argv);
 		n_vars++;
-		vars = realloc(vars, sizeof(const char *) * n_vars);
+		vars = realloc_type_n(vars, const char *, n_vars);
 		vars[n_vars - 1] = argv[arg];
 	}
 
diff --git a/eeshow/gfx/pdftoc.c b/eeshow/gfx/pdftoc.c
index 5324823..cf45859 100644
--- a/eeshow/gfx/pdftoc.c
+++ b/eeshow/gfx/pdftoc.c
@@ -114,8 +114,7 @@ static void add_object(struct pdftoc *ctx, int id, int gen, unsigned pos)
 	struct object *obj;
 
 	if (id > ctx->top) {
-		ctx->objs = realloc(ctx->objs,
-		    (id + 1) * sizeof(struct object));
+		ctx->objs = realloc_type_n(ctx->objs, struct object, id + 1);
 		memset(ctx->objs + ctx->top + 1 , 0,
 		    (id - ctx->top) * sizeof(struct object));
 		ctx->top = id;
diff --git a/eeshow/kicad/ext.c b/eeshow/kicad/ext.c
index 961f231..15d4e75 100644
--- a/eeshow/kicad/ext.c
+++ b/eeshow/kicad/ext.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
+#include "misc/util.h"
 #include "misc/diag.h"
 #include "kicad/ext.h"
 
@@ -68,10 +69,8 @@ void classify_files(struct file_names *fn, char *const *args,
 			break;
 		case ext_lib:
 			fn->n_libs++;
-			fn->libs = realloc(fn->libs,
-			    fn->n_libs * sizeof(const char *));
-			if (!fn->libs)
-				diag_pfatal("realloc");
+			fn->libs = realloc_type_n(fn->libs, const char *,
+			    fn->n_libs);
 			fn->libs[fn->n_libs - 1] = args[i];
 			break;
 		case ext_pl:
diff --git a/eeshow/kicad/pl-render.c b/eeshow/kicad/pl-render.c
index c3cea2a..386f719 100644
--- a/eeshow/kicad/pl-render.c
+++ b/eeshow/kicad/pl-render.c
@@ -109,9 +109,7 @@ static char *expand(const struct pl_ctx *pl, const char *s,
 			break;
 		}
 		len = strlen(x);
-		res = realloc(res, size + p - s + len);
-		if (!res)
-			diag_pfatal("realloc");
+		res = realloc_size(res, size + p - s + len);
 		memcpy(res + size, s, p - s);
 		size += p - s;
 		s = p + 2;
@@ -120,9 +118,7 @@ static char *expand(const struct pl_ctx *pl, const char *s,
 	}
 
 	len = strlen(s);
-	res = realloc(res, size + len + 1);
-	if (!res)
-		diag_pfatal("realloc");
+	res = realloc_size(res, size + len + 1);
 	memcpy(res + size, s, len + 1);
 	return res;
 }
@@ -134,9 +130,7 @@ static char *increment(char *s, int inc, const char *range)
 	unsigned len = strlen(s);
 	int base, n;
 
-	t = realloc(s, len + 2);
-	if (!t)
-		diag_perror("realloc");
+	t = realloc_size(s, len + 2);
 	t[len + 1] = 0;
 
 	base = range[1] - range[0] + 1;
diff --git a/eeshow/kicad/sch-parse.c b/eeshow/kicad/sch-parse.c
index 9cc3bbd..456ad13 100644
--- a/eeshow/kicad/sch-parse.c
+++ b/eeshow/kicad/sch-parse.c
@@ -149,9 +149,7 @@ static bool parse_field(struct sch_ctx *ctx, const char *line)
 
 	if (n == 0 && comp->comp && comp->comp->units > 1) {
 		len = strlen(txt->s);
-		s = realloc((void *) txt->s, len + 3);
-		if (!s)
-			diag_pfatal("realloc");
+		s = realloc_size((void *) txt->s, len + 3);
 		if (comp->unit <= 26)
 			sprintf(s + len, "%c", 'A' + comp->unit - 1);
 		else
diff --git a/eeshow/kicad/sexpr.c b/eeshow/kicad/sexpr.c
index 0727891..6f0fd2f 100644
--- a/eeshow/kicad/sexpr.c
+++ b/eeshow/kicad/sexpr.c
@@ -83,9 +83,7 @@ static void add_string(struct sexpr_ctx *ctx, const char *end)
 	if (!new)
 		return;
 
-	e->s = realloc(e->s, old + new + 1);
-	if (!e->s)
-		diag_pfatal("realloc");
+	e->s = realloc_size(e->s, old + new + 1);
 	memcpy(e->s + old, ctx->p, new);
 	e->s[old + new] = 0;
 }
diff --git a/eeshow/misc/util.h b/eeshow/misc/util.h
index 657c6d0..e9bc4f3 100644
--- a/eeshow/misc/util.h
+++ b/eeshow/misc/util.h
@@ -30,6 +30,18 @@
 #define alloc_type(t) ((t *) alloc_size(sizeof(t)))
 #define alloc_type_n(t, n) ((t *) alloc_size(sizeof(t) * (n)))
 
+
+#define realloc_size(p, s)				\
+    ({ void *alloc_size_tmp = realloc((p), (s));	\
+	if (!alloc_size_tmp) {				\
+		perror("realloc");			\
+		exit(1);				\
+	}						\
+	alloc_size_tmp; })
+
+#define realloc_type_n(p, t, n) ((t *) realloc_size((p), sizeof(t) * (n)))
+
+
 #define stralloc(s)					\
     ({	char *stralloc_tmp = strdup(s);			\
 	if (!stralloc_tmp) {				\