1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c
index 79979b05f..e634cc670 100644
--- a/archival/tar.c
+++ b/archival/tar.c
@@ -507,8 +507,8 @@ static int writeTarFile(const int tar_fd, const int verboseFlag,
                 volatile int vfork_exec_errno = 0;
                 const char *zip_exec = (gzip == 1) ? "gzip" : "bzip2";
 
-                if (pipe(gzipDataPipe) < 0 || pipe(gzipStatusPipe) < 0)
-                        bb_perror_msg_and_die("pipe");
+                xpipe(gzipDataPipe);
+                xpipe(gzipStatusPipe);
 
                 signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN); /* we only want EPIPE on errors */