1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/cmp.c b/coreutils/cmp.c
index cff118279..c70f8822d 100644
--- a/coreutils/cmp.c
+++ b/coreutils/cmp.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static FILE *cmp_xfopen_input(const char * const filename)
         fp = fopen_or_warn_stdin(filename);
         if (fp)
                 return fp;
-        exit(xfunc_error_retval);       /* We already output an error message. */
+        sleep_and_die();        /* We already output an error message. */
 }
 
 static const char fmt_eof[] = "cmp: EOF on %s\n";