1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/xgethostbyname.c b/libbb/xgethostbyname.c
index 0bbe18da2..c3158c339 100644
--- a/libbb/xgethostbyname.c
+++ b/libbb/xgethostbyname.c
@@ -10,13 +10,10 @@
 #include <netdb.h>
 #include "libbb.h"
 struct hostent *xgethostbyname(const char *name)
 {
-        struct hostent *retval;
+        struct hostent *retval = gethostbyname(name);
+        if (!retval)
-        if ((retval = gethostbyname(name)) == NULL)
                bb_herror_msg_and_die("%s", name);
        return retval;
 }

diff --git a/libbb/xgethostbyname.c b/libbb/xgethostbyname.c index 0bbe18da2..c3158c339 100644 --- a/libbb/xgethostbyname.c +++ b/libbb/xgethostbyname.c
@@ -10,13 +10,10 @@
10	#include <netdb.h>	10	#include <netdb.h>
11	#include "libbb.h"	11	#include "libbb.h"
12		12
13
14	struct hostent xgethostbyname(const char name)	13	struct hostent xgethostbyname(const char name)
15	{	14	{
16	struct hostent *retval;	15	struct hostent *retval = gethostbyname(name);
17		16	if (!retval)
18	if ((retval = gethostbyname(name)) == NULL)
19	bb_herror_msg_and_die("%s", name);	17	bb_herror_msg_and_die("%s", name);
20
21	return retval;	18	return retval;
22	}	19	}