diff --git a/regression/contracts-dfcc/chain.sh b/regression/contracts-dfcc/chain.sh
index 0d61c8b1f38..8b931718943 100755
--- a/regression/contracts-dfcc/chain.sh
+++ b/regression/contracts-dfcc/chain.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 if [[ "${args_inst}" != *"malloc"* ]]; then
-  args_inst="--no-malloc-fail $args_inst"
+  args_inst="--no-malloc-may-fail $args_inst"
 fi
 
 rm -f "${name}${dfcc_suffix}-mod.gb"
diff --git a/regression/goto-instrument/chain.sh b/regression/goto-instrument/chain.sh
index 7f596e9f0fb..96ebce32760 100755
--- a/regression/goto-instrument/chain.sh
+++ b/regression/goto-instrument/chain.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 rm -f "${target}-mod.gb"
-$goto_instrument --no-malloc-fail ${args} "${target}.gb" "${target}-mod.gb"
+$goto_instrument --no-malloc-may-fail ${args} "${target}.gb" "${target}-mod.gb"
 if [ ! -e "${target}-mod.gb" ] ; then
   cp "${target}.gb" "${target}-mod.gb"
 elif echo $args | grep -q -- "--dump-c-type-header" ; then
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ elif echo $args | grep -q -- "--dump-c" ; then
 
   rm "${target}-mod.c"
 fi
-$goto_instrument --no-malloc-fail --show-goto-functions "${target}-mod.gb"
+$goto_instrument --no-malloc-may-fail --show-goto-functions "${target}-mod.gb"
 $cbmc --no-standard-checks "${target}-mod.gb"
diff --git a/regression/goto-synthesizer/chain.sh b/regression/goto-synthesizer/chain.sh
index 50e1b6240ff..d6379cac470 100755
--- a/regression/goto-synthesizer/chain.sh
+++ b/regression/goto-synthesizer/chain.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ fi
 rm -f "${name}-mod.gb"
 rm -f "${name}-mod-2.gb"
 echo "Running goto-instrument: "
-$goto_instrument --no-malloc-fail ${args_inst} "${name}.gb" "${name}-mod.gb"
+$goto_instrument --no-malloc-may-fail ${args_inst} "${name}.gb" "${name}-mod.gb"
 if [ ! -e "${name}-mod.gb" ] ; then
   cp "$name.gb" "${name}-mod.gb"
 elif echo $args_inst | grep -q -- "--dump-c" ; then
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ elif echo $args_inst | grep -q -- "--dump-c" ; then
 fi
 echo "Running goto-synthesizer: "
 if echo $args_synthesizer | grep -q -- "--dump-loop-contracts" ; then
-  $goto_synthesizer ${args_synthesizer} --no-malloc-fail "${name}-mod.gb"
+  $goto_synthesizer ${args_synthesizer} --no-malloc-may-fail "${name}-mod.gb"
 else
-  $goto_synthesizer ${args_synthesizer} --no-malloc-fail "${name}-mod.gb" "${name}-mod-2.gb"
+  $goto_synthesizer ${args_synthesizer} --no-malloc-may-fail "${name}-mod.gb" "${name}-mod-2.gb"
   echo "Running CBMC: "
   $cbmc --no-standard-checks ${args_cbmc} "${name}-mod-2.gb"
 fi