1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/archival/dpkg.c b/archival/dpkg.c
index c911333e0..32e51257e 100644
--- a/archival/dpkg.c
+++ b/archival/dpkg.c
@@ -874,9 +874,7 @@ static void write_status_file(deb_file_t **deb_file)
         /* Create a separate backfile to dpkg */
         if (rename("/var/lib/dpkg/status", "/var/lib/dpkg/status.udeb.bak") == -1) {
                 struct stat stat_buf;
-                if (stat("/var/lib/dpkg/status", &stat_buf) == 0) {
-                        bb_error_msg_and_die("Couldnt create backup status file");
-                }
+                xstat("/var/lib/dpkg/status", &stat_buf);
                 /* Its ok if renaming the status file fails because status
                  * file doesnt exist, maybe we are starting from scratch */
                 bb_error_msg("No status file found, creating new one");