1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/archival/gzip.c b/archival/gzip.c
index 41ed3a2c7..5fb118706 100644
--- a/archival/gzip.c
+++ b/archival/gzip.c
@@ -1228,8 +1228,8 @@ int gzip_main(int argc, char **argv)
                                 inFileNum = STDIN_FILENO;
                                 outFileNum = STDOUT_FILENO;
                         } else {
-                                inFileNum = open(argv[i], O_RDONLY);
-                                if (inFileNum < 0 || fstat(inFileNum, &statBuf) < 0)
+                                inFileNum = bb_xopen(argv[i], O_RDONLY);
+                                if (fstat(inFileNum, &statBuf) < 0)
                                         bb_perror_msg_and_die("%s", argv[i]);
                                 time_stamp = statBuf.st_ctime;
                                 ifile_size = statBuf.st_size;