1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/stat.c b/coreutils/stat.c
index ff14a1599..20ade9472 100644
--- a/coreutils/stat.c
+++ b/coreutils/stat.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ static void print_stat(char *pformat, size_t buf_len, char m,
         case 'N':
                 strncat(pformat, "s", buf_len);
                 if (S_ISLNK(statbuf->st_mode)) {
-                        char *linkname = xreadlink(filename);
+                        char *linkname = xmalloc_readlink_or_warn(filename);
                         if (linkname == NULL) {
                                 bb_perror_msg("cannot read symbolic link '%s'", filename);
                                 return;
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ static int do_stat(char const *filename, char const *format)
                 pw_ent = getpwuid(statbuf.st_uid);
 
                 if (S_ISLNK(statbuf.st_mode))
-                        linkname = xreadlink(filename);
+                        linkname = xmalloc_readlink_or_warn(filename);
                 if (linkname)
                         printf("  File: \"%s\" -> \"%s\"\n", filename, linkname);
                 else