--- e2fsprogs-1.39/lib/et/error_message.c
+++ e2fsprogs-1.39/lib/et/error_message.c
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 #include "error_table.h"
 #include "internal.h"
 
-static char buffer[25];
-
 struct et_list * _et_list = (struct et_list *) NULL;
 struct et_list * _et_dynamic_list = (struct et_list *) NULL;
 
@@ -70,25 +68,7 @@
 	}
     }
 oops:
-    strcpy (buffer, "Unknown code ");
-    if (table_num) {
-	strcat (buffer, error_table_name (table_num));
-	strcat (buffer, " ");
-    }
-    for (cp = buffer; *cp; cp++)
-	;
-    if (offset >= 100) {
-	*cp++ = '0' + offset / 100;
-	offset %= 100;
-	started++;
-    }
-    if (started || offset >= 10) {
-	*cp++ = '0' + offset / 10;
-	offset %= 10;
-    }
-    *cp++ = '0' + offset;
-    *cp = '\0';
-    return(buffer);
+    return "Unknown code";
 }
 
 /*