1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/cat.c b/coreutils/cat.c
index eb141dc79..ed3f33650 100644
--- a/coreutils/cat.c
+++ b/coreutils/cat.c
@@ -19,18 +19,21 @@ int bb_cat(char **argv)
 {
         static const char *const argv_dash[] = { "-", NULL };
 
-        FILE *f;
+        int fd;
         int retval = EXIT_SUCCESS;
 
         if (!*argv)
                 argv = (char**) &argv_dash;
 
         do {
-                f = fopen_or_warn_stdin(*argv);
-                if (f) {
+                fd = STDIN_FILENO;
+                if (!LONE_DASH(*argv))
+                        fd = open_or_warn(*argv, O_RDONLY);
+                if (fd >= 0) {
                         /* This is not an xfunc - never exits */
-                        off_t r = bb_copyfd_eof(fileno(f), STDOUT_FILENO);
-                        fclose_if_not_stdin(f);
+                        off_t r = bb_copyfd_eof(fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
+                        if (fd != STDIN_FILENO)
+                                close(fd);
                         if (r >= 0)
                                 continue;
                 }