--- a/fastmalloc.c	Sat Aug 11 16:12:27 2007 +0200
+++ b/fastmalloc.c	Mon Aug 13 16:27:41 2007 +0200
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
 void * fastmalloc(int newsize)
 {
     void *outptr;
-
-    outptr = base + given;
+    int old_given = given;
 
     given += newsize;
 
@@ -32,5 +31,7 @@
         }
     }
 
+    outptr = base + old_given;
+
     return outptr;
 }