diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/strided/base/dmap/benchmark/c/benchmark.length.c b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/strided/base/dmap/benchmark/c/benchmark.length.c
index 58c6e2c22fc2..b9b331caf084 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/strided/base/dmap/benchmark/c/benchmark.length.c
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/strided/base/dmap/benchmark/c/benchmark.length.c
@@ -104,32 +104,54 @@ static double identity( const double x ) {
 * @param len          array length
 * @return             elapsed time in seconds
 */
-static double benchmark( int iterations, int len ) {
-	double elapsed;
-	double x[ len ];
-	double y[ len ];
-	double t;
-	int i;
+static double benchmark(int iterations, int len) {
+    double elapsed;
+    double *x;
+    double *y;
+    double t;
+    int i;
 
-	for ( i = 0; i < len; i++ ) {
-		x[ i ] = ( rand_double()*200.0 ) - 100.0;
-		y[ i ] = 0.0;
-	}
-	t = tic();
-	for ( i = 0; i < iterations; i++ ) {
-		stdlib_strided_dmap( len, x, 1, y, 1, identity );
-		if ( y[ i%len ] != y[ i%len ] ) {
-			printf( "should not return NaN\n" );
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-	elapsed = tic() - t;
-	if ( y[ i%len ] != y[ i%len ] ) {
-		printf( "should not return NaN\n" );
-	}
-	return elapsed;
-}
+    // Allocate input array:
+    x = (double*) malloc(len * sizeof(double));
+    if (x == NULL) {
+        printf("Error allocating memory.\n");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+    
+    // Allocate output array:
+    y = (double*) malloc(len * sizeof(double));
+    if (y == NULL) {
+        free(x);
+        printf("Error allocating memory.\n");
+        exit(1);
+    }
 
+    // Initialize arrays
+    for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+        x[i] = (rand_double() * 200.0) - 100.0;
+        y[i] = 0.0;
+    }
+    
+    t = tic();
+    for (i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
+        stdlib_strided_dmap(len, x, 1, y, 1, identity);
+        if (y[i % len] != y[i % len]) {
+            printf("should not return NaN\n");
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    elapsed = tic() - t;
+    
+    if (y[i % len] != y[i % len]) {
+        printf("should not return NaN\n");
+    }
+    
+    // Free allocated memory:
+    free(x);
+    free(y);
+    
+    return elapsed;
+}
 /**
 * Main execution sequence.
 */