1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c
index a46442f8e..b2481b843 100644
--- a/archival/tar.c
+++ b/archival/tar.c
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ static llist_t *append_file_list_to_list(llist_t *list)
         llist_t *newlist = NULL;
 
         while (list) {
-                src_stream = xfopen(llist_pop(&list), "r");
+                src_stream = xfopen_for_read(llist_pop(&list));
                 while ((line = xmalloc_fgetline(src_stream)) != NULL) {
                         /* kill trailing '/' unless the string is just "/" */
                         char *cp = last_char_is(line, '/');