1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/archival/gzip.c b/archival/gzip.c
index 4f60c6b24..91b294891 100644
--- a/archival/gzip.c
+++ b/archival/gzip.c
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ static void write_buf(int fd, void *buf, unsigned cnt)
         unsigned n;
 
         while ((n = write(fd, buf, cnt)) != cnt) {
-                if (n == (unsigned) (-1)) bb_error_msg_and_die("can't write");
+                if (n == (unsigned) (-1)) bb_error_msg_and_die(bb_msg_write_error);
                 cnt -= n;
                 buf = (void *) ((char *) buf + n);
         }