1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c
index 526edb69d..17ac6c55a 100644
--- a/archival/tar.c
+++ b/archival/tar.c
@@ -536,9 +536,7 @@ static void NOINLINE vfork_compressor(int tar_fd, int gzip)
         (void) &zip_exec;
 #endif
 
-        gzipPid = vfork();
-        if (gzipPid < 0)
-                bb_perror_msg_and_die("can't vfork");
+        gzipPid = xvfork();
 
         if (gzipPid == 0) {
                 /* child */