diff --git a/similar/main/multi.c b/similar/main/multi.c
index b6a7e2f06..a8ac1c0d4 100644
--- a/similar/main/multi.c
+++ b/similar/main/multi.c
@@ -5181,7 +5181,7 @@ void init_hoard_data()
 		}
 
 		GameSounds[Num_sound_files+i].length = len;
-		GameSounds[Num_sound_files+i].data = d_malloc(len);
+		MALLOC(GameSounds[Num_sound_files+i].data, ubyte, len);
 		PHYSFS_read(ifile,GameSounds[Num_sound_files+i].data,1,len);
 
 		if (GameArg.SndDigiSampleRate == SAMPLE_RATE_11K) {
@@ -5253,7 +5253,7 @@ void save_hoard_data(void)
 		ifile = PHYSFS_openRead(sounds[i]);
 		Assert(ifile != NULL);
 		size = PHYSFS_fileLength(ifile);
-		buf = d_malloc(size);
+		MALLOC(buf, ubyte, size);
 		PHYSFS_read(ifile, buf, size, 1);
 		PHYSFS_writeULE32(ofile, size);
 		PHYSFS_write(ofile, buf, size, 1);