1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/libpwdgrp/shadow.c b/libpwdgrp/shadow.c
index f3d624213..3a9c4b8d4 100644
--- a/libpwdgrp/shadow.c
+++ b/libpwdgrp/shadow.c
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@ void setspent(void)
         if (shadow) {
                 rewind(shadow);
         } else {
-                if ((shadow = fopen("/etc/shadow", "r")) == NULL)
-                        bb_perror_msg_and_die("/etc/shadow");
+                shadow == bb_xfopen(SHADOW_FILE, "r");
         }
 }