diff --git a/progress.c b/progress.c
index 6cde5959fa..0318bdd41b 100644
--- a/progress.c
+++ b/progress.c
@@ -167,12 +167,10 @@ void display_throughput(struct progress *progress, uint64_t total)
 	now_ns = getnanotime();
 
 	if (!tp) {
-		progress->throughput = tp = calloc(1, sizeof(*tp));
-		if (tp) {
-			tp->prev_total = tp->curr_total = total;
-			tp->prev_ns = now_ns;
-			strbuf_init(&tp->display, 0);
-		}
+		progress->throughput = tp = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*tp));
+		tp->prev_total = tp->curr_total = total;
+		tp->prev_ns = now_ns;
+		strbuf_init(&tp->display, 0);
 		return;
 	}
 	tp->curr_total = total;
@@ -225,13 +223,7 @@ void display_progress(struct progress *progress, uint64_t n)
 static struct progress *start_progress_delay(const char *title, uint64_t total,
 					     unsigned delay, unsigned sparse)
 {
-	struct progress *progress = malloc(sizeof(*progress));
-	if (!progress) {
-		/* unlikely, but here's a good fallback */
-		fprintf(stderr, "%s...\n", title);
-		fflush(stderr);
-		return NULL;
-	}
+	struct progress *progress = xmalloc(sizeof(*progress));
 	progress->title = title;
 	progress->total = total;
 	progress->last_value = -1;
diff --git a/t/helper/test-prio-queue.c b/t/helper/test-prio-queue.c
index 5bc9c46ea5..f4028442e3 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-prio-queue.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-prio-queue.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ int cmd__prio_queue(int argc, const char **argv)
 		} else if (!strcmp(*argv, "stack")) {
 			pq.compare = NULL;
 		} else {
-			int *v = malloc(sizeof(*v));
+			int *v = xmalloc(sizeof(*v));
 			*v = atoi(*argv);
 			prio_queue_put(&pq, v);
 		}
diff --git a/xdiff/xdiff.h b/xdiff/xdiff.h
index b158369020..032e3a9f41 100644
--- a/xdiff/xdiff.h
+++ b/xdiff/xdiff.h
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ typedef struct s_bdiffparam {
 } bdiffparam_t;
 
 
-#define xdl_malloc(x) malloc(x)
+#define xdl_malloc(x) xmalloc(x)
 #define xdl_free(ptr) free(ptr)
-#define xdl_realloc(ptr,x) realloc(ptr,x)
+#define xdl_realloc(ptr,x) xrealloc(ptr,x)
 
 void *xdl_mmfile_first(mmfile_t *mmf, long *size);
 long xdl_mmfile_size(mmfile_t *mmf);
diff --git a/xdiff/xinclude.h b/xdiff/xinclude.h
index f35c4485df..a4285ac0eb 100644
--- a/xdiff/xinclude.h
+++ b/xdiff/xinclude.h
@@ -23,13 +23,7 @@
 #if !defined(XINCLUDE_H)
 #define XINCLUDE_H
 
-#include <ctype.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <limits.h>
-
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "xmacros.h"
 #include "xdiff.h"
 #include "xtypes.h"