diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 62f869556..727db9604 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
    - markus@cvs.openbsd.org 2001/04/14 16:17:14
      [channels.c]
      remove some channels that are not appropriate for keepalive.
+   - markus@cvs.openbsd.org 2001/04/14 16:27:57
+     [ssh-add.c]
+     use clear_pass instead of xfree()
 
 20010414
  - Sync with OpenBSD glob.c, strlcat.c and vis.c changes
@@ -5072,4 +5075,4 @@
  - Wrote replacements for strlcpy and mkdtemp
  - Released 1.0pre1
 
-$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.1112 2001/04/14 23:08:36 mouring Exp $
+$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.1113 2001/04/14 23:10:09 mouring Exp $
diff --git a/ssh-add.c b/ssh-add.c
index 8032cd24f..2ac2c2515 100644
--- a/ssh-add.c
+++ b/ssh-add.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "includes.h"
-RCSID("$OpenBSD: ssh-add.c,v 1.34 2001/04/14 04:31:01 deraadt Exp $");
+RCSID("$OpenBSD: ssh-add.c,v 1.35 2001/04/14 16:27:57 markus Exp $");
 
 #include <openssl/evp.h>
 
@@ -187,8 +187,7 @@ add_file(AuthenticationConnection *ac, const char *filename)
 				pass = ssh_askpass(askpass, msg);
 			}
 			if (strcmp(pass, "") == 0) {
-				xfree(pass);
-				pass = NULL;
+				clear_pass();
 				xfree(comment);
 				return;
 			}