diff --git a/print-ppp.c b/print-ppp.c
index 2cf06c363..9aed23eb9 100644
--- a/print-ppp.c
+++ b/print-ppp.c
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 
 #include "netdissect-stdinc.h"
 
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
 #include "netdissect.h"
 #include "extract.h"
 #include "addrtoname.h"
@@ -1358,7 +1360,6 @@ ppp_hdlc(netdissect_options *ndo,
 	u_char *b, *t, c;
 	const u_char *s;
 	u_int i, proto;
-	const void *sb, *se;
 
 	if (caplen == 0)
 		return;
@@ -1366,9 +1367,11 @@ ppp_hdlc(netdissect_options *ndo,
         if (length == 0)
                 return;
 
-	b = (u_char *)nd_malloc(ndo, caplen);
-	if (b == NULL)
-		return;
+	b = (u_char *)malloc(caplen);
+	if (b == NULL) {
+		(*ndo->ndo_error)(ndo, S_ERR_ND_MEM_ALLOC,
+			"%s: malloc", __func__);
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Unescape all the data into a temporary, private, buffer.
@@ -1389,13 +1392,15 @@ ppp_hdlc(netdissect_options *ndo,
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Change the end pointer, so bounds checks work.
-	 * Change the pointer to packet data to help debugging.
+	 * Switch to the output buffer for dissection, and save it
+	 * on the buffer stack so it can be freed; our caller must
+	 * pop it when done.
 	 */
-	sb = ndo->ndo_packetp;
-	se = ndo->ndo_snapend;
-	ndo->ndo_packetp = b;
-	ndo->ndo_snapend = t;
+	if (!nd_push_buffer(ndo, b, b, (u_int)(t - b))) {
+		free(b);
+		(*ndo->ndo_error)(ndo, S_ERR_ND_MEM_ALLOC,
+			"%s: can't push buffer on buffer stack", __func__);
+	}
 	length = ND_BYTES_AVAILABLE_AFTER(b);
 
         /* now lets guess about the payload codepoint format */
@@ -1437,13 +1442,11 @@ ppp_hdlc(netdissect_options *ndo,
         }
 
 cleanup:
-	ndo->ndo_packetp = sb;
-	ndo->ndo_snapend = se;
+	nd_pop_packet_info(ndo);
         return;
 
 trunc:
-	ndo->ndo_packetp = sb;
-	ndo->ndo_snapend = se;
+	nd_pop_packet_info(ndo);
 	nd_print_trunc(ndo);
 }
 
diff --git a/print.c b/print.c
index b9ba5997d..f20633388 100644
--- a/print.c
+++ b/print.c
@@ -431,10 +431,14 @@ pretty_print_packet(netdissect_options *ndo, const struct pcap_pkthdr *h,
 	nd_pop_all_packet_info(ndo);
 
 	/*
-	 * Restore the original snapend, as a printer might have
-	 * changed it.
+	 * Restore the originals snapend and packetp, as a printer
+	 * might have changed them.
+	 *
+	 * XXX - nd_pop_all_packet_info() should have restored the
+	 * original values, but, just in case....
 	 */
 	ndo->ndo_snapend = sp + h->caplen;
+	ndo->ndo_packetp = sp;
 	if (ndo->ndo_Xflag) {
 		/*
 		 * Print the raw packet data in hex and ASCII.