1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/diff.c b/coreutils/diff.c
index 2c89a66e4..12c61ca1e 100644
--- a/coreutils/diff.c
+++ b/coreutils/diff.c
@@ -1114,8 +1114,8 @@ static char **get_dir(char *path) {
         else {
                 DIR *dp;
                 struct dirent *ep;
-                if ((dp = opendir(path)) == NULL)
-                        bb_error_msg("Error reading directory");
+
+                dp = bb_opendir(path);
                 while ((ep = readdir(dp))) {
                         if ((!strcmp(ep->d_name, "..")) || (!strcmp(ep->d_name, ".")))
                                 continue;