1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c
index b5cbf4197..2176ad2ac 100644
--- a/archival/tar.c
+++ b/archival/tar.c
@@ -572,8 +572,7 @@ static NOINLINE int writeTarFile(int tar_fd, int verboseFlag,
 
         /* Store the stat info for the tarball's file, so
          * can avoid including the tarball into itself....  */
-        if (fstat(tbInfo.tarFd, &tbInfo.tarFileStatBuf) < 0)
-                bb_perror_msg_and_die("can't stat tar file");
+        xfstat(tbInfo.tarFd, &tbInfo.tarFileStatBuf, "can't stat tar file");
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_GZ || ENABLE_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_BZ2
         if (gzip)