diff --git a/src/sail-codecs/jpegxl/memory.c b/src/sail-codecs/jpegxl/memory.c
index d92f357a..78b976bf 100644
--- a/src/sail-codecs/jpegxl/memory.c
+++ b/src/sail-codecs/jpegxl/memory.c
@@ -31,11 +31,7 @@ void *jpegxl_private_alloc_func(void *opaque, size_t size)
 {
     (void)opaque;
 
-    void *ptr;
-    SAIL_TRY_OR_EXECUTE(sail_malloc(size, &ptr),
-                        /* on error */ return NULL);
-
-    return ptr;
+    return sail_malloc_std_signature(size);
 }
 
 void jpegxl_private_free_func(void *opaque, void *address)
diff --git a/src/sail-codecs/jpegxl/memory.h b/src/sail-codecs/jpegxl/memory.h
index 3d83ef16..031d0907 100644
--- a/src/sail-codecs/jpegxl/memory.h
+++ b/src/sail-codecs/jpegxl/memory.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 /* We want to allocate/free with sail_malloc()/sail_free(). */
 SAIL_HIDDEN void *jpegxl_private_alloc_func(void *opaque, size_t size);
+
 SAIL_HIDDEN void jpegxl_private_free_func(void *opaque, void *address);
 
 #endif