diff --git a/adsbus.c b/adsbus.c
index 32be675..f574fb9 100644
--- a/adsbus.c
+++ b/adsbus.c
@@ -56,9 +56,7 @@ static bool parse_opts(int argc, char *argv[], int epoll_fd) {
 				*delim = '\0';
 				delim++;
 
-				// TODO: Fix orphan malloc.
-				struct backend *backend = backend_new(optarg, delim, epoll_fd);
-				assert(backend);
+				backend_new(optarg, delim, epoll_fd);
 				break;
 
 		  case 'd':
diff --git a/backend.c b/backend.c
index 7ed8c20..8484da1 100644
--- a/backend.c
+++ b/backend.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ struct parser {
 #define NUM_PARSERS (sizeof(parsers) / sizeof(*parsers))
 
 
-struct backend *backend_new(char *node, char *service, int epoll_fd) {
+void backend_new(char *node, char *service, int epoll_fd) {
 	struct backend *backend = malloc(sizeof(*backend));
 	assert(backend);
 	backend->peer.fd = -1;
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ struct backend *backend_new(char *node, char *service, int epoll_fd) {
 	memset(backend->parser_state, 0, PARSER_STATE_LEN);
 	backend->parser = backend_autodetect_parse;
 	backend_connect(backend, epoll_fd);
-	return backend;
 }
 
 static void backend_connect(struct backend *backend, int epoll_fd) {
diff --git a/backend.h b/backend.h
index 9821cea..dbab29c 100644
--- a/backend.h
+++ b/backend.h
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ struct backend {
 	parser parser;
 };
 
-struct backend *backend_new(char *node, char *service, int epoll_fd);
+void backend_new(char *node, char *service, int epoll_fd);