diff --git a/build/rpmfc.c b/build/rpmfc.c

index e798950..94089e5 100644

--- a/build/rpmfc.c

+++ b/build/rpmfc.c

@@ -760,6 +760,7 @@ rpmfc rpmfcCreate(const char *buildRoot, rpmFlags flags)

 	fc->buildRoot = xstrdup(buildRoot);

 	fc->brlen = strlen(buildRoot);

     }

+    fc->pkg = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*fc->pkg));

     fc->pool = rpmstrPoolCreate();

     return fc;

 }

@@ -1263,6 +1264,7 @@ rpmRC rpmfcGenerateDepends(const rpmSpec spec, Package pkg)

     av[ac] = NULL;

     fc = rpmfcCreate(spec->buildRoot, 0);

+    free(fc->pkg); /* XXX HACK */

     fc->pkg = pkg;

     fc->skipProv = !pkg->autoProv;

     fc->skipReq = !pkg->autoReq;

@@ -1337,6 +1339,8 @@ exit:

     /* Clean up. */

     free(fmode);

+    if (fc)

+	fc->pkg = NULL; /* XXX HACK */

     rpmfcFree(fc);

     argvFree(av);

     rpmfiFree(fi);