1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/editors/sed.c b/editors/sed.c
index e1b8352fd..2c64ad500 100644
--- a/editors/sed.c
+++ b/editors/sed.c
@@ -1522,12 +1522,16 @@ int sed_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 
                         /* -i: process each FILE separately: */
 
+                        if (stat(*argv, &statbuf) != 0) {
+                                bb_simple_perror_msg(*argv);
+                                G.exitcode = EXIT_FAILURE;
+                                G.current_input_file++;
+                                continue;
+                        }
                         G.outname = xasprintf("%sXXXXXX", *argv);
                         nonstdoutfd = xmkstemp(G.outname);
                         G.nonstdout = xfdopen_for_write(nonstdoutfd);
-
                         /* Set permissions/owner of output file */
-                        stat(*argv, &statbuf);
                         /* chmod'ing AFTER chown would preserve suid/sgid bits,
                          * but GNU sed 4.2.1 does not preserve them either */
                         fchmod(nonstdoutfd, statbuf.st_mode);