1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/networking/ping.c b/networking/ping.c
index 4269eaa6f..a81472f96 100644
--- a/networking/ping.c
+++ b/networking/ping.c
@@ -330,8 +330,7 @@ static void ping(const char *host)
         pingsock = create_icmp_socket();
 
         if (sourceaddr.sin_addr.s_addr) {
-                if (bind(pingsock, (struct sockaddr*)&sourceaddr, sizeof(sourceaddr)) == -1)
-                        bb_error_msg_and_die("could not bind to address");
+                xbind(pingsock, (struct sockaddr*)&sourceaddr, sizeof(sourceaddr));
         }
 
         memset(&pingaddr, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));