diff --git a/include/libxml/xmlmemory.h b/include/libxml/xmlmemory.h
index 969d6877..830933a7 100644
--- a/include/libxml/xmlmemory.h
+++ b/include/libxml/xmlmemory.h
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ XMLPUBFUN void
 /*
  * These are specific to the XML debug memory wrapper.
  */
+XMLPUBFUN size_t
+	xmlMemSize	(void *ptr);
 XMLPUBFUN int
 	xmlMemUsed	(void);
 XMLPUBFUN int
diff --git a/xmllint.c b/xmllint.c
index 2f0ada1f..bcb6d0e4 100644
--- a/xmllint.c
+++ b/xmllint.c
@@ -352,17 +352,14 @@ myMallocFunc(size_t size)
 static void *
 myReallocFunc(void *mem, size_t size)
 {
-    void *ret;
+    size_t oldsize = xmlMemSize(mem);
 
-    ret = xmlMemRealloc(mem, size);
-    if (ret != NULL) {
-        if (xmlMemUsed() > maxmem) {
-            OOM();
-            xmlMemFree(ret);
-            return (NULL);
-        }
+    if (xmlMemUsed() + size - oldsize > (size_t) maxmem) {
+        OOM();
+        return (NULL);
     }
-    return (ret);
+
+    return (xmlMemRealloc(mem, size));
 }
 static char *
 myStrdupFunc(const char *str)
diff --git a/xmlmemory.c b/xmlmemory.c
index eed16669..9ec4770b 100644
--- a/xmlmemory.c
+++ b/xmlmemory.c
@@ -558,6 +558,27 @@ xmlMemoryStrdup(const char *str) {
     return(xmlMemStrdupLoc(str, "none", 0));
 }
 
+/**
+ * xmlMemSize:
+ * @ptr:  pointer to the memory allocation
+ *
+ * Returns the size of a memory allocation.
+ */
+
+size_t
+xmlMemSize(void *ptr) {
+    MEMHDR *p;
+
+    if (ptr == NULL)
+	return(0);
+
+    p = CLIENT_2_HDR(ptr);
+    if (p->mh_tag != MEMTAG)
+        return(0);
+
+    return(p->mh_size);
+}
+
 /**
  * xmlMemUsed:
  *